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The UK Crown Jewels-

• They’re the ceremonial treasures which have been acquired by English kings and queens, principally since 1660. 
• The assortment is on the Tower of London and contains the crowns acquired by numerous monarchs, their robes, and different gadgets of nice historic worth. 

• The regalia is used for uncommon, ceremonial events.
• The Kohinoor diamond was embedded within the crown of Queen Elizabeth’s mom, Queen Elizabeth I, for the coronation ceremony of her husband King George VI in 1937. 
• She wore it once more throughout her daughter’s coronation in 1953. Throughout her funeral procession in 2002, it was positioned atop her coffin.
• The crown has been worn by her because the Queen Consort, the one who is married to the King however isn’t a queen by the road of succession. 
• In line with experiences within the British media, Charles’s spouse Camilla will put on it subsequent as the brand new Queen Consort. 
• The Queen Consort is often topped with the King, in an analogous however easier ceremony .

Journey of Kohinoor from India to Britain-

• Famed as a shiny, massive diamond, the Kohinoor, Persian for ‘Mountain of Gentle’, is counted among the many largest treasured stones on the planet. 
• There may be some disagreement over the place and when it was mined, however it’s typically believed to have its origins in India, within the Golconda mines(Kollur Mine) of present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• It was discovered through the interval of the Kakatiya dynasty, who positioned it within the Bhadrakali Temple in Warangal.
• Since its discovery, the stone has moved from king to king. It was positioned on the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s well-known Peacock Throne on the Purple Fort in Delhi within the seventeenth century.
• Following the invasions of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah, the Kohinoor was taken away from India, and it lastly reached the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Durrani. 
• Within the nineteenth century, it went to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founding father of the Sikh empire, who had his capital in Lahore. 
• After the Second Anglo-Sikh Battle of 1849, the dominion of Punjab was annexed by the East India Firm, and the kid king Duleep Singh was compelled to surrender the diamond to Queen Victoria.
• The motion of the diamond by its historical past has made the claims for its return contentious. 
• Afghanistan and Pakistan, in addition to India, have at numerous factors demanded it from the British authorities.

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