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The Kohinoor diamond, set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth, is seen on her coffin at London's Westminster Hall. Camilla, the diamond in her coronation crown, but will modify Queen Mary's crown, using diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption toggle caption Alastair Grant/AP The Kohinoor diamond, set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth, is seen on her coffin at London's Westminster Hall. Camilla, the diamond in her coronation crown, but will modify Queen Mary's crown, using diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection. Alastair Grant/AP LONDON — Of all the glittering British crown jewels, one will be conspicuously absent at King Charles III's coronation: the Kohinoor diamond. Legend has it the 105-carat diamond — whose name means "mountain of light" in Persian — was found on a bank of the holy Krishna River in southern India at least 800 years ago. From there, the story goes, it spent centuries hidden inside a golden statue at a Hindu temple. It passed through Mughal, Persian, Afghan and Sikh empires before ending up in the hands of Queen Victoria in the mid-19th century. Along the way, people came to Photograph taken during the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, pictured with their children, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and Queen Mary of Teck. Universal History Arc...

The diamond came from India’s alluvial mines thousands of years ago, sifted from the sand. According to Hindu belief, it was revered by gods like Krishna—even though it seemed to carry a curse, if the luck of its owners was anything to go by. The gem, which would come to be known as the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, wove its way through Indian court intrigues before eventually ending up in the British Crown Jewels by the mid-1800s. That was when a British amateur geologist interviewed gemologists and historians on the diamond’s origins and wrote the history of the Koh-i-Noor that served as the basis for most future stories of the diamond. But according to historians Anita Anand and William Dalrymple, that geologist got it all wrong. “We found what every historian longs for,” Dalrymple says. “A story which is incredibly important to people, an object known around the world, but which is all built on a structure of myth.” In their new book Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond, Anand and Dalrymple work their way through more than four centuries of Indian history to learn the truth about the diamond, “panning the old research” like the Indians who sieved river sand for diamonds, Anand says. And the true history has its share of drama. For Dalrymple, “It’s a perfectly scripted Game of Thrones-style epic. All the romance, all the blood, all the gore, all the bling.” But beneath the drama of the diamond is a more serious question that still has no clear answer: How ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday engaged in a conversation with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, expressing his gratitude for the "excellent support" extended by Saudi Arabia during the evacuation of Indian nationals from Sudan in April, while also conveying best wishes for the upcoming Haj pilgrimage. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed his full support for India's initiatives during its ongoing G20 Presidency and expressed anticipation for his visit to India, as mentioned in the statement. Both leaders agreed to maintain regular communication. In April, India established a transit facility in Jeddah to facilitate the safe evacuation of Indian nationals from the strife-torn region of Sudan. Under the mission named ' India has initiated numerous such rescue missions to repatriate stranded citizens from various countries. One such operation, "Operation Ganga," was launched by the Modi government last year to evacuate a large number of Additionally, during the Taliban's attack on Afghanistan, India carried out "Operation Devi Shakti" to ensure the safe evacuation of its citizens from the conflict-stricken nation. Likewise, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic when countries were implementing widespread shutdowns, India executed "Operation Vande Bharat" to bring back millions of its citizens from different parts of the world. (With inputs from PTI)

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The Centre will develop Chhitkul, Pooh, Nako, Leo and Chango villages of Himachal Pradesh under the 'Vibrant Villages Programme'. Union minister RK Singh made the announcement during his visit to Chhitkul village in the Kinnaur district of the state, the Ministry of Power said in a statement on Thursday. (PTI) Punjab NRI affairs minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday said the state government will provide free legal assistance to around 700 Indian students who are facing deportation from Canada. The Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation after the authorities in Canada found 'admission offer letters' to educational institutions to be fake. The matter came to light in March when these students applied for permanent residency in Canada. (PTI) Assets worth more than Rs 1.32 crore of a former Punjab Police inspector have been attached under the anti-money laundering law for alleged corruption while probing a case against a drug smuggler, the ED said on Thursday. The agency said a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for attaching a house in Chheharta in Amritsar district and a fixed deposit of Rs 32.42 lakh in the investigation against former inspector Inderjit Singh. (PTI) At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said. "The ministry of interior of ...

The Imperial Crown of India was used by King Origin [ ] Tradition prohibits the The Crown Jewellers at the time, Description [ ] The Imperial Crown of India weighs 920g (2.03lb) and is set with 6,170diamonds, 9emeralds, 4rubies, and 4sapphires. At the front is a very fine emerald weighing 32 carats (6.4g). (p 169) The King wrote in his diary that it was heavy and uncomfortable to wear: "Rather tired after wearing my crown for 3 + 1⁄ 2hours; it hurt my head, as it is pretty heavy." Similar to other British crowns, it consists of a circlet with four Use [ ] George and Mary were not crowned as emperor and empress at the ceremony; the It has not been used since GeorgeV returned from India. On 15August 1947, "as long as the two new Dominions remained in the Commonwealth, the crown should be retained among the Crown Jewels, but if at later date one or both were to secede it might be contended that, in view of the fact that it had been purchased out of Indian funds, the crown should be vested in some Indian authority". (p 167) The Imperial Crown of India is on public display in the See also [ ] • References [ ] • ^ a b Mears, Kenneth J.; Thurley, Simon; Murphy, Claire (1994). The Crown Jewels. Historic Royal Palaces Agency. p.33 – via Google Books. • ^ a b Younghusband, George, Sir (1919). The Crown Jewels of England. Cassell & Co. pp.21–22 – via archive.org. • Royal Collection Trust . Retrieved 7 December 2015. • ^ a b A History of the Crown Jewels of Europe. B.T. Batsford. • Br...