Kohinoor: Queen faces legal action

Kohinoor: Queen faces legal action

PTIUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 09:03 PM IST
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives to attend the annual Royal Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in central London on November 7, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRIS JACKSON |

London : A lobby of Indian businessmen and actors is mounting a legal challenge against Queen Elizabeth II demanding the return of the world famous Koh-i-noor diamond to India. The 105-carat stone, believed to have been mined in India 800 years ago, was presented to Queen Victoria and is now set in a crown belonging to the Queen’s mother on public display in the Tower of London David de Souza, co-founder of the Indian leisure group Titos, is helping fund the new legal action and has instructed British lawyers to begin the court proceedings. “The Koh-i-Noor is one of the many artefacts taken from India in dubious circumstances: Colonisation did not only rob our people of wealth, it destroyed the country’s psyche, too.’’ The legal action coincides with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK.

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