Besides Kohinoor, These Four Items Were Also Taken Away By British: Here's The List
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of the British Empire, and King Charles being officially proclaimed the new King of the UK, netizens on social media have demanded that Britain give back the Kohinoor diamond to India.
Many people believe the precious diamond, which is now mounted on the crown of the Queen, should be rightfully back in India. Amidst all this, the one thing that's getting highlighted is how the UK has a lot many things in possession that were either taken away or looted from other countries during their colonial reign. Here's a list of a few of those items.
1)?Great Star of Africa diamond
Amongst many prized possessions of the Queen, the 'Great Star of Africa' diamond clearly stands out. It is the world's largest diamond and weighs around 530 carats. Estimated to be worth around USD 400 million, the Great Star of Africa was mined in South Africa in 1905.
According to many historians from Africa, the jewel was mined in 1905 and was presented to Edward VII and they claim that the diamond was rather stolen or looted by the British government during their reign as colonists. The Great Star of Africa is currently in the Queen's sceptre.
2)?Tipu Sultan's Ring
Tipu Sultan's ring was allegedly taken by the Britishers from his dead body in 1799 after he lost the battle against them?during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799). The battle was fought between the kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company.
The jewelled ring is inscribed with the name of the Hindu deity Ram in raised Devanagari script and was sold for €145,000 (nearly Rs 1.42 crore) by Christie¡¯s auction house in 2014.According to the auction house, the ring weighing 41.2 gm was sold to an undisclosed bidder for almost 10 times more than its estimated price at an earlier auction in central London.
3)?Elgin Marbles
The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, are a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor Phidias and his assistants.
It is believed that Lord Elgin allegedly removed the marbles from the Parthenon's decaying walls in Greece and transported them to London in 1803. According to reports, Greece has been asking for its priceless possession since 1925, but the marbles have remained in the British Museum.
The British government's official position is that it is not responsible for the marbles' fate: That, it says, is a matter for the British Museum's trustees, a group largely appointed by the prime minister that has repeatedly said the sculptures are integral to the museum's mission of telling world history.
4)?Rosetta Stone
Currently, the Rosetta Stone is kept at the British Museum for display. According to many archaeologists, the Rosetta Stone was "stolen" by Britishers after they won the battle against France in the 1800s.??
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