Once in the hands of India, now in the hands of the British, who is the real owner?.
In the eighteenth century a kind by the name of Nadir Shah .
tricked one of his captured rivals in trading turbans with him In the rival's turban hid the .
diamond. When the king seen the diamond he exclaimed "Kohinoor!" The name .
Kohinoor means mountain of light. After that is an untold story. This was just one story .
of the diamond being found. There are many more stories out there that sound the same .
but are a bit different. It's believed that gems such as this one are associated with bad .
luck, death, and curses. In this case Nadir Shah died in a palace trying to defend his .
treasures, which included the Kohinoor diamond. .
After years of being in hiding the Kohinoor diamond showed up with a ruler by .
the name of Daleep Singh, son of Ranjit Singh. After a fierce battle with the British in .
1840, Daleep Singh handed over the Kohinoor diamond to the British. The diamond has .
been in the British hands since then.
In recent years a man by the name of Beant Singh Sandhawalis, seventy-seven.
years old, has claimed to be the last surviving heir of Daleep Singh, through adoption. .
He wants to take the diamond back and put it in a museum. He says, "I don't want the.
Kohinoor for myself. It's a national heritage- If Sandhawalia is found to be the owner, .
than he would be able to "put his hands on other loot." .
The problem being that the diamond is in the royal crown, and if the Queen of .
England chooses not to hand the diamond over then she has that right. Since the capture .
of the Kohinoor diamond , its been on display in the Tower of London at the British.
Crown Jewels Exhibition.
"By British Law, the originals of the crown jewels and implements of State.
cannot leave England and are displayed in the Tower of London." This is the one law .
that I was able to discover. Under assumption this case has not been settled yet. .