With reference to your editorial, Govt’s Kohinoor U-turn is welcome (April 20), I would like to state that Kanwar Karvinder Pal Singh, a descendant of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has been quoted as saying
Massimiliano Allegri
With reference to your editorial, Govt’s Kohinoor U-turn is welcome (April 20), I would like to state that Kanwar Karvinder Pal Singh, a descendant of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has been quoted as saying that the Kohinoor was not gifted to the British but deceitfully taken from Maharaja Duleep Singh who was a minor and eventually dethroned. This contradicts the Indian government’s stand in the Supreme Court that the Kohinoor was gifted to the East India Company. In any case, the Kohinoor belongs to India and will remain a contentious and emotional issue between India and Britain. Britain must return the diamond.
M.C. Joshi
Lucknow
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