Koh-I-Noor and the jewel in the British crown with a dark past

               

Kohinoor diamond precious priceless, it’s old more than 5,000 years. And this jewel, whose name means "Mountain of Light" can be inserted in the list of collections precious ,and stolen by colonizers of the country that colonized, and the ownership of this diamond moved to different kings before  reached to the Queen (Victoria) Maharaja in 1849, and became the property of the crown Royal until today.

Unfortunately the diamond in this day became controversial claim and bargaining between the original owners aspiring to return to their property and the dispute and conflict ongoing between India and Britain over the ownership of this diamond. Although there is a large consensus among experts ancient treasures that 'Kohinoor' belonging to Indian Mughal Empire, But Britain refused repeatedly demands made ​​by the parliamentary groups and partisan Indian and Indian activists in the field of historical research and archaeological need to re-gem 'Kohinoor' to native.

In fact the first mention of it was in the diary of King Babur, founder of Mughal Empire Indian who said that the price could feed the population of the entire universe for at least two days and these actually shows how the diamond is very precious and priceless and explain the conflict between the two countries.

               

Reference:

v  Suri, Sanjay, and Indo-Asian News Service. "Kohinoor and other famous diamonds." DiamondRing.com: Diamond & Jewelry Shopping Network. N.p., 11 Feb. 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. <http://www.diamondring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14711>.

v  "Koh-e Noor Diamond : Definitions + Information." Blurb Wire :. N.p., 10 Mar. 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. <http://www.blurbwire.com/topics/Koh-e_Noor_Diamond>.