Even so, the diamond remained in India until 1849, when Ranjit Singh’s son Maharaja Duleep Singh signed the Treaty of Lahore. ... The Kohinoor crown last appeared in public in 2002, ...

Anita Anand has previously authored Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary, a biography of the daughter of Maharaj Duleep Singh, in whose reign the Kohinoor was taken away by the British ...

The Kohinoor, which means “Mountain of Light,” was originally about 186 carats, ... “Duleep Singh’s Sikh empire was based out of Lahore in 1849, which today resides in Pakistan, ...

FRAYER: In the mid-19th century, British diplomats befriend a 10-year-old sick prince, Duleep Singh, who'd inherited the Kohinoor. And they basically take this little boy's diamond in a treaty and ...

Edit: One document in particular sealed the fate of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the Sikh Empire and the Kohinoor diamond in one fell swoop: the 1849 Treaty of Lahore.

(By - Aditya Rishi) Once Kohinoor was the dazzling beauty of Bassian Kothi. Today it's brides and actresses who come for the shooting of prewedding photographs and Punjabi music videos. Formerly ...

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday said that the “majority of people” believe in being multilingual ...

This International Women’s Day, we unearth a genuine Kohinoor diamond from the dusty corridors of herstory and make her sparkle. Sophia Duleep Singh is a forgotten foremother of India, Pakistan ...

Her first book, Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary is a highly acclaimed biography of the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, last ruler of Punjab, who was forced to hand over the Kohinoor to ...

This excerpt from a book by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand recreates the last time Duleep Singh, who was compelled to give up the diamond as a 10-year-old, held the Koh-i-noor in his hand ...