KOHINOOR !!
The Kohinoor now weighs 108.93 carats and is kept in the Tower of London .The kohinoor originated from India in Golconda at the Kollur mine in the present Andhra during the rule of the Kakatiya dynasty. The Kohinoor was then passed from one ruling dynasty to the next. The original name of the diamond was ‘Samantik Mani’
The Persian invaded India and they acquired it and named it as KOHINOOR
( Mountain of Light). Finally it went to the crown of British Queen Victoria.
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