The name refers to an historic emerald and seed-pearl necklace that once belonged to Maharani Jindan Kaur, the 9th and last regular wife of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh, "The Lion of the Punjab
The name refers to an historic emerald and seed-pearl necklace that once belonged to Maharani Jindan Kaur, the 9th and last regular wife of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh, "The Lion of the Punjab," whose empire extended from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas. The necklace was actually a gift by Maharajah Ranjeet Singh to his young and pretty 18-year old wife Jindan Kaur, whom he took as his 9th and last regular wife in 1835, and who bore him his last son Duleep Singh, just 10 months before his death in 1839. In the uncertain conditions that prevailed soon after his death, Ranjeet Singh's two eldest sons Kharak Singh and Sher Singh succeeded one after another, but their reign was short-lived as both of them were assassinated. Finally, Duleep Singh was proclaimed as Maharajah in 1843 at the age of five years, with his mother Maharani Jindan Kaur as Regent, and his maternal uncle as Prime Minister. However, after sometime the Prime Minister was also assassinated, and Maharani Jindan Kaur took power as the abso