'The Kohinoor was not gifted to the British'

April 19, 2016 14:40

"Duleep Singh was not in a position to give it away because he was only a minor of about 3, 4 years old. The Indian claim of the British having taken the Kohinoor from the Sikhs does not stand because the Sikhs too took it by force."

Author, columnist, historian William Dalrymple sets the record straight in an interview to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. Read

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