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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...