Crown Jewels: Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial? - BBC News 

If Britain returns all the items back to their countries of origin then their museums and palaces would be empty 😂😂

Imagine bullying a ten year old into giving you their stone after locking up his mother.

The amount of wealth looted from India is enormous, Nadir shah looted the whole throne, I have read that along with Kohinoor, that throne was decorated by many precious stones & gold . Now, there's nothing we can do 🙂.

You guys didn’t even mention that the diamond came from Deccan…

Based on the stone's tradition, India would have to invade the UK and take it back. I think the fact the stone has been taken by the victor of conflicts for centuries to be fascinating. Whoever defeats England will own the diamond next, and so on till the end of time.

There's nothing controversial about giving back what you have stolen.

First of all the diamond itself was stolen from some temple in andhra Pradesh India by invaders then it passed among several Indian kingdoms then ultimately British stole it from a child ruler in Punjab .

as an Iranian I don't think Iran has any right over the jewel it was acquired through imperialism it would be no different than Englands claim to the jewel. since Pakistan used to be part of India I think they should return the jewel to the country which it was first discovered. what I mean by that is within the border of whichever country it was first discovered it should be returned to that country.

It is believed that the diamond was first mentioned more than 5000 years ago in a Sanskrit script, where it was called the Syamantaka. It has a history, and it'll track back to its original owners in time.

The stone is not 'cursed' or anything like that. It's just a carbon crystal. It's the people who are at fault who fight over this object, not the stone itself.

Well done Palki Sharma 😂😂

If UK returned ALL of its artifacts.. All British museums would be empty

British Museum = Chor Bazaar

If it carries a curse, how come the Queen who wore it the most died of old age/natural causes?

thank you, Palki Sharma, for making this possible !!!!!!

Give it back shameless Britain

Palki Sharma effect. The very first vantage she mentioned about it and BBC followed soon 🔥🔥

Kohinoor is our Telugu people's pride. It was first mined in kolluru mines, Andhra Pradesh during the rule of Kakatiyas Kings and fixed as left eye of goddess in Bhadrakali temple, Warangal, Telangana. As Warangal was capital of Kakatiyas.

Return it to its soil Andhra Pradesh.

All these lives for a „stone“! For money people do everything!! Shame on humans!!

Well none of those emperors who took it ever did return it to the previous owners after they had taken it. However, imperialism is imperialism and people should of course own up to its bad practices

Politicians are never at loss. It's always the common citizen who's at the receiving end of all the travesty of all the events. They'd enjoy the wealth taken away from those people and then people will forget all of this and choose them again for their next election

Taking something that does not belong to you for whatever reasoning is still stealing.

The king is having cancer now no doubt the kohinoor curse is still working and United Kingdom is dieing slowly

let me solve this... give me the diamond. i will be a middle man...

History of ownership: The Koh-i-Noor diamond has a long and complex history of ownership. It was originally mined in India and was owned by various Indian rulers for centuries. However, it was later taken by the British East India Company and was eventually presented to Queen Victoria in 1850. Since then, it has been a part of the British Crown Jewels. Some people argue that the diamond was taken unfairly and should be returned to India.

As an Anglo Indian, I don’t really care as I’m never going to have the diamond in my house 😂

It's ours 🙏🇮🇳❤️

This diamond was stolen from a Hindu temple and this diamond originated from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Atleast Nadir Shah invaded India to loot it.. not like an evil person who took it from 10 year old by capturing his mother 😂😂😂

The First dynasty to own this Kohinoor was Kartikaya Dynasty of South India after that it passed on to Khilji dynasty of Turkic origen then it passed to Tuglak dynasty.

Why is all the media silent about the East Palestine enviromental disaster?!

BBC ne Dil pe le liya -- firstpost

RANJIT SINGH DIED 1839 NOT 1849 !!!...that's when the Kingdom was ANNEXED

Imagine using a mother's suffering to force her 10-year-old child to give you what doesn't belong to you..

India today cuts 90% of world diamonds in Surat alone.

It isn't controversial, it was stolen from India, it needs to be returned to the rightful owners.

never ever again call a Persian king, a Stealer

GIVE KOHINOOR BACK you looters

Like the Mughal empire wasn't brutal in it's clinging to power... LOL

tbh it should be mine

You must be the most gullible person if you think the British would ever allow any assets to be “returned” No matter what happened in the past, it’s currently in the possession of the UK

The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted from one form of energy to another.. We can relate this to "power" In politics

India(Bharat) was the most richest land in ancient times. But in last 1000 years it was looted and plundered by inveders.

Need Ranjit Singh’s golden throne as well

If we forget for one moment about the disputed ownership of the diamond itself , does anybody in their right minds think that the British Monarchy would break apart the crown to give this diamond to another nation

2:02 '...and all these dynasties remarked on its resplendent beauty and sheer size, its scale. they all coalesced around one vision which was it was a simply beautiful piece of jewelry and an incredible natural resource.' sounds fabricated for today's minds to suit a certain narrative. fact is, the diamond was cut so lacklustre that it failed to impress viewers at the Great Exhibition in London back in 1851. only after prince Albert commissioned a re-cut and it got the form we know it in today did the stone start to garner wider interest.

It's dumb to argue over diamonds now. Synthetic diamonds are better and cheaper. Just make one.

This is beyond inaccurate the East India Company never imprisoned anyone's mother, in fact the diamond was a reward for her rescue and seventeen men died that were employed in the presidency armies that were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India, composed primarily of Indian sepoys. The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army. All of these records still exist, why twist the truth about it now!!!!!!Ranjit Singh was taken ill, and he died at Lahore in June 1839-almost exactly 40 years after he entered the city as a conqueror. In little more than six years after his death, the Sikh state he had created collapsed because of the internecine strife of rival chiefs. Who really did kidnap the queen and threaten his heir. Had they got the diamond it would have been sold for weapons and further bloodshed. Dalip Singh, the prince was given a generous annual pension, he became a Christian and chose to live in England, where he was well received in society. He gifted this diamond, and it was his to gift, so telling lies to get it back into greedy hands is wrong.

Not only koh i Noor Almost all British museums filled with many indian articles, artifacts and antique stolen by Britishers during colonial era, atleast have courtesy to return them to their rightful owner. Australia, USA and Canada are in much better position when it comes to return stolen articles why not uk then ?

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Cor blimey! Jailed the mother to get the diamond from her ten year old kid ?..that’s criminal 😢

The forgot the main point, it was stolen from a Vijayanagar Temple by the Delhi Sultanate, it was not some random stone mined by the Mughals

1. If England is so bad, the memories are so painful, whys everyone there. 2. If traumatic to the magnitude that is claimed... I really would not want to be anywhere near....

Do you know that kooh i noor Is a Persian expression That means"Mountain of Light" Was it mentioned? "

The part starting at @3:11 is so disheartening for an India...."The land which was rich with civilization, rich with wealth and admired, over the years that land has been dismemberment, had lot of it's wealth siphoned off to Better and uplift other civilization across the globe, what is left is land which is splinter and divide amounts itself"

Yeeeah. Definitely time to cancel my TV licence like all my mates have

Kohinoor was found in Golkunda (current Andhra pradesh state of India ). Kohinoor belongs to India. Period.

Bengal famine,The Bengal famine stands as one of the single most horrific atrocities to have occurred under British colonial rule. From 1943 to 1944, more than three million Indians died of starvation and malnutrition, and millions more fell into crushing poverty.

Give us our diamond.. Looters

It isn't controversial. Indian courts ruled it's rightfully British property.

That's diamond belongs to my state & country - Andhra Pradesh & india 🇮🇳

Let the UK keep it .If returned to India it will be sold to Ambani or Adani.

THIS DIAMOND WAS FROM BABURID EMPIRE!!! (FROM UZBEKS). LOOK AT IT'S NAME: KOH-I-NOOR.

It isn't. The Indian government has said multiple times that it doesn't dispute the Koh-i-Noor. The only people offended by it are the kind of people who look for things to be offended about.

It is now in Britain's possession.India should get over it

the original Muslim rulers of India until the British came along

In 2018, at the Supreme Court of India the Archeological Survey of India clarified that the diamond was surrendered to the British and "it (the diamond) was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away".

Give the diamond back and apologize for all the damage done

Frankly, I don't think that Camela should get anything shiny after the wilful & brazen part she played in Charles's adultery behind Diana's back... She got what she wanted, she should have stayed in her own marital bed, so I'd rather see every Gem be returned to their countries of origin and the crown melted down before it ever went on her unworthy skull... But that's just my opinion on the matter. Great video though.

The stone was won by conquest.

The decision against the Queen consort wearing the Kohinoor diamond, worn by Queen Mary in 1911 and the queen mother in 1937, comes amid rumblings about the jewel. The Kohinoor is among the largest cut diamonds in the world, worth $591 million, and has a long history with the royal family, having been worn on crowns by generations of queens. It is believed the diamond was taken from India by the East India Company during the colonial era and presented to Queen Victoria in 1850. The precious diamond has been fought over for centuries, so much so that British royal legend says the diamond will bring bad luck to any man who wears it. It currently is set in a crown last worn by Charles's grandmother during her coronation alongside King George VI in 1937. The diamond India wants the royal family to return The world's most expensive diamond, the "Kohinoor" is set in the crown made for the Queen Mother. With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Indians are asking for its return.  Read more That the diamond remains in the possession of the British royals is, according to the Indian government, a mark of continuing colonialism more than 75 years after India declared independence from British rule. Since 2000, India's government has repeatedly requested Britain return the Kohinoor. The royal family claims the diamond is its property, though it acknowledges it "probably" originated in India. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that any plans for the Queen Consort to wear the Kohinoor at the coronation would bring back "painful memories of the colonial past". As is tradition, King Charles will wear St Edward's Crown, which has now returned to public display at the Tower of London following the completion of minor modification work.

Suggstions for BBC's upcoming documentaries 1. The Kohinoor and the Colonial Loot 👌👌 2. An outdated Monarchy and Unhealthy obsession with Royals😍😍 3. Racism in 21 st Century Britain.😀😀

Say it were given back to India or Pakistan. Surely the diamond would end up in someone’s private collection within the decade, and would never be seen again. It is for this reason it should not and will not be returned at least not until that issue is resolved. However, one day it will be returned and a glorious day that will be 🇮🇳🇵🇰

Throw the useless stone into deep ocean We don't want real life taken for a white stone of no value Human life is more important than stone

It do return to India... Please UK government

Tell me this ?, Why are there so many poor people in India but yet they have a Space Program ???

Uk is responsible for this

return the diamond to india as well as the benin bronzes you are clutching onto claiming stolen treasures are yours is despicable

Maharajah Ranjit Singh's dying wish was for the Kohinoor to be sent to jagganath Puri he always wanted to visit but due to his poor eyesight he neverade the treck which why he wanted to give to lord jagganath

So many diamonds leave their original home. The African continent has an entire industry around mining diamonds and exporting them to the West. This has always happened around the world. In an ideal world the Kohi Noor would return home to India but we are not living in an ideal world. The UK will never willingly give up the diamond. The Royal Family is obsessed with money however so if India offered them a few billion pounds, I'm sure they'd sell.

There are arguments to make for returning the Koh-i-Noor to one of it's previous countries but it is worth noting that in it's long history of being looted through conquest none of the previous owners in the Indian subcontinent ever returned it to a previous owner. Seems a bit rich that previous owners would be demanding something to be done now that they themselves never did in the past in their thousands of years of opportunities. For the Koh-i-Noor to be returned to a previous owner would be something that would be unprecedented in it's history. I'm not saying that it shouldn't happen I'm just saying that it should, at least, be acknowledged. "Loot" is an Indian word. (History and Etymology - Noun and Verb - Hindi & Urdu lūṭ; akin to Sanskrit luṇṭati he plunders)

How bbc makes India all about Mughals, Islam and Taj Mahal, lol

India be like : we are preparing to invade the UK

It hurts so much when people blame the Queen because of misunderstandings and misinformation

I like the idea of the Koh-i-Noor diamond heading back to India, but it wasn't other empires that fractured India: rather they (unethically) exploited fractures that were already there. I would LOVE to see a strong, healthy, vibrant India--made whole through cooperation, rather than force. It is that strength, through healthy nourishing internal cooperation--more than anything else--that will call the Koh-i-Noor home.

So he’s saying it wasn’t stolen, it was handed over by a 10 year old. Great.

Camila has realized that wearing Kohinoor which was taken from India is like wearing Elizabeth’s underwear 😂😂😂😂😂

How nice bbc decide to start the origin from the mughal. They forgot to mention the origin before that.

U.K. can keep the diamond but it must get India a permanent seat on the UNSC with veto powers Indians fought in WWI and WWII against the axis India is the world’s largest democracy - help it gain influence

It needs to be returned to BHARAT 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 It is so obvious in these days of acute indigenous awareness as we witness it in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Canada or the United States.

It was given in a peace treaty completely legally, the UK is it’s rightful owner

An Indian-origin Brit explaining the history of this diamond in his british accent is so ironic.

Because today it is a must that everything must be controversial.

Can we return Rishi Sunak and co while we’re at it 🤣🤣🤣

That stone is going to stay in the Uk I don't think Charles will hand it over

As a indian,plz don't return..this politicians will sale this for money..they will do. Anything for money

It originally belonged to Kakatiya dynasty of South India. It was installed as left eye of goddess Bhadrakali in temple in Warangal, South India.

Isn't possession 9/10ths of the law?

Is that a one they took it from iran ?