Kohinoor: This is what MEA mentioned on bringing again the dear diamond from UK

India has been and can proceed to discover methods and means to deliver again ‘Kohinoor’, one of many largest reduce diamonds on the earth, from the UK, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) mentioned on Friday. The 108-carat Kohinoor gem was given to Queen Victoria in 1849 by Maharajah Duleep Singh. For many years, Indians have been demanding the federal government deliver again the diamond. Just lately, this once more grew to become a buzzword after the demise of the longest-ruling monarch Queen Elizabeth II.  

When requested about this current demand, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Friday mentioned this difficulty is maybe just a little bit past the overseas coverage dimensions. “My understanding is that the Authorities of India has responded to this in Parliament, the final being possibly a couple of years in the past, 2018, a couple of years in the past. We’ve mentioned in that, that now we have been elevating this matter now and again with the UK Authorities or the authorities and that we are going to proceed to discover methods and means for acquiring a passable decision of the matter,” he mentioned

In 2018, the MEA whereas responding to a query in Lok Sabha mentioned that it has repeatedly raised the matter in regards to the return of the Kohinoor and different antiquities with the related authorities overseas and that the federal government was persevering with to discover methods and means for acquiring a passable decision of the matter.

“Aware of the emotions which were expressed by the Indian public and the Parliament, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs after getting the related info from the Archaeological Survey of India underneath the Ministry of Tradition has repeatedly raised the matter in regards to the return of the Kohinoor and different antiquities with the related authorities overseas,” the MEA had mentioned in 2018. 

Two years earlier than this, the Ministry of Tradition had mentioned: “The Authorities of India reiterates its resolve to make all doable efforts to deliver again the Kohinoor Diamond in an amicable method.”

With inputs from PTI