Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi when ask about the recent demands to bring Kohinoor diamond back, said that the government will continue to explore ways to get a satisfactory resolution on this.
Following the death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, the talk around bringing back one of the world’s largest diamonds has raise again.
Arindam Bagchi, responding to the question, refer to the government’s response to this in Parliament a few years ago.
Arindam Bagchi Said :
“My understanding is that the government of India respond to it in Parliament a few years ago. We have said that we have raising this matter from time to time with the UK government and we will continue to explore ways and means for obtaining a satisfactory resolution of the matter,”.
One of the largest diamonds in the world, the 108-carat Kohinoor gem was given to Queen Victoria in 1849.
Right now, the Kohinoor, or “mountain of light,” diamond, set in the Maltese Cross in the crown made for Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth II.
The 108-carat Kohinoor gem was given to Queen Victoria in 1849 by Maharajah Duleep Singh.
The Queen Mother wore it on her crown in the year 1937.
Earlier there were speculations that Britain’s new king Charles III’s wife, Queen Consort Camilla will be crown with Kohinoor when Charles’s coronation happens in May next year.
But, one of a report said that given the heat surrounding the ownership of the diamond and keeping in view the political sensitivity around the matter, she may not wear it anymore.
