A number of countries are fighting Berlian Kohinoor or known as the 109-carat “Mountain of Light” worth $ 400 million or Rp 6 trillion equivalent. War Elizabeth II to die.
These countries claim that the diamonds are theirs.
As reported by Vice, this Kohinoor Diamond has a purity level of 109 carats and is believed to be the most expensive in the world.
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Over the years, this diamond has been used by generations of British queens. However, this diamond has sparked conflicts considering that a number of countries claim ownership of the treasury.
There are three countries that claim the diamond.
R. India
India is one of the countries that claim ownership of the Kohinoor Diamond. This is because Britain would be indebted to the country.
“Britain owes us a debt. However, instead of returning the evidence of their atrocities to their rightful owners, the British displayed the Kohinoor in the Queen Mother’s crown in the Tower of London,” wrote Indian MP Shashi Tharoor.
Not only that, the socio-cultural organizations of Odisha, India, claim that this Kohinoor diamond belongs to Mr. Jagannath. They then urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to follow up on the return of the diamond.
“The Kohinoor Diamond belongs to Sri Jagannath Bhagban. But now it is in the Queen of England. Hopefully the Prime Minister [Modi] to take steps to bring it to India, “said the president of the Shree Jagannath Sena Organization, Priya Darsan Pattnaik in the memorandum, quoted by NDTV.
B. Afghanistan
Meanwhile, Afghanistan through the Taliban had urged the return of the Kohinoor diamond to Afghanistan in 2000.
Taliban foreign ministry spokesman Faiz Ahmad Faiz said the diamond was officially Afghan property.
“The history of the diamond shows that it was brought by us to India and from there to England. We have a better claim than India,” said Faiz, quoted by The Guardian.
Faiz also claimed that many other items were stolen from Afghanistan during the colonial period.
C. Pakistan
Meanwhile, a Pakistani lawyer filed a petition claiming his country’s ownership of the Kohinoor diamond in 2016.
“Kohinoor belongs to the Punjab province and was forcibly taken by the British by local leader Duleep Singh (grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh) when he was 14, he must be given to Pakistan,” said the lawyer who created the petition. , Jawaid Iqbal Jaafry.
As reported by Firstpost, it claims that Pakistan is the rightful owner of the Kohinoor diamond. He also accused the British of taking and stealing the diamond.
(mr / august)
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