Flaunting the Kohinoor on the Queen Mother’s crown in the Tower of London is a powerful reminder of the injustices perpetrated by the former imperial power. Until it is returned–at least as a symbolic gesture of expiation–it will remain evidence of the loot, plunder and misappropriation that colonialism was really all about. Perhaps that is the best argument for leaving the Kohinoor where it emphatically does not belong–in British hands. Shashi Tharoor
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I think this quote talks about the history of the Kohinoor in India. There are many stories surrounding the diamond. Some say it was gifted to Queen Mother when she was married to the king of Punjab. But, when she died in 1952, when she left the throne to her son, the royal family removed the Kohinoor.

After that her grandson came up with a plan to split the diamond into three pieces and put them in three different parts of the world. It’s believed that because of this act, his grandfather could never get hold of all three pieces again. The third piece is now in King Mongkut’s collection which is now in Thailand.

Source: An Era Of Darkness: The British Empire In India

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