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unusual facts about Koh i Noor



Coster Diamonds

They were responsible for the creation of a few historical masterpieces, like the re-polishing of the Koh i Noor, mounted in the Crown of Queen Mary, to be admired in the Tower of London, amongst the other Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and the Dresden Green Diamond, which belongs to the Saxon dynasty.


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Albert von Le Coq

Chinese consider this seizure a "colonial rapacity" comparable to the taking of the Elgin Marbles or the Koh-i-Noor diamond.

Kathua district

Lord Krishna is also said to have come to this area, in order to get back from Jamabant the same diamond which is now known as Koh-i-Noor, part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.

Khwaja Alimullah

It was auctioned after it was exhibited, along with another famous Indian diamond Koh-i-Noor or the "mountain of light", in 1850 at the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park organised in honour of Queen Victoria.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth

The inspiration for the name was the famous Koh-i-Noor (meaning "Mountain of Light") diamond, part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and the largest diamond in the world at the time.

Koh-i-Noor was a partner in producing Jiří Barta's 2009 animated feature In the Attic, and its pencils appear frequently throughout the film.

Zilverparkkade

Named after the famous diamond, it is a work by Rob Bakelaar of Tekta Architecten.