New Delhi: Kohinoor is a stone that, legend says, should only be worn by a woman or a god; to a man who dares wear it, it will only bring bad luck. But, it adds, one who owns the Koh-i-Noor will own the world, and so for centuries, kings have fought for its possession and for much of the past century, four countries — India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Britain — have argued about who gets to keep it.
It is currently housed in the Tower of London in the United Kingdom.
Reacting to one of the many attempts by Indian groups to push for its return to India, in 2015, British historian Andrew Roberts was quoted as saying, “Those involved in this ludicrous case should recognise that the British Crown Jewels is precisely the right place for the Koh-i-Noor diamond to reside, in grateful recognition for over three centuries of British involvement in India, which led to the modernisation, development, protection, agrarian advance, linguistic unification and ultimately the democratisation of the subcontinent.”
