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The legendary Kohinoor diamond may never return to India. The government today told the Supreme Court that it cannot force the United Kingdom to return the famous jewel to India since it was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away, but gifted to the British.
Citing a 43-year-old law that does not allow the government to bring back antiquities taken out of the country before independence, the Centre's counsel, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, told the apex court that the 105.602 carats diamond was handed over to the East India Company by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after he lost in the 1849 Sikh War.
Under the provisions of the Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) takes up the issue of retrieval of only such antiquities as have been illegally exported out of the country.
Why India may never get its Kohinoor diamond back from the British : India, News - India Today
Citing a 43-year-old law that does not allow the government to bring back antiquities taken out of the country before independence, the Centre's counsel, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, told the apex court that the 105.602 carats diamond was handed over to the East India Company by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after he lost in the 1849 Sikh War.
Under the provisions of the Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) takes up the issue of retrieval of only such antiquities as have been illegally exported out of the country.
Why India may never get its Kohinoor diamond back from the British : India, News - India Today
