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 Government of India 
  
 Ministry of Culture 
  
 19-April-2016 20:49 IST 
  
 Clarification on Kohinoor Diamond 
  
  
  
 Government Reiterates its Resolve to Make all Possible Efforts to Bring Back Kohinoor Diamond in an Amicable Manner 
  
  
  
  ||||| Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A replica of the Koh-i-Noor has been displayed in India, which has long claimed the diamond 
  
 The Indian government says it is still seeking to reclaim the Koh-i-Noor diamond from Britain, despite telling India's Supreme Court otherwise. 
  
 The gem came into British hands in the 19th Century and is part of the Crown Jewels on show at the Tower of London. 
  
 Ownership of the priceless gem is an emotional issue for many Indians, who believe it was stolen by the British. 
  
 On Monday, India's solicitor-general had told the court that it was "neither stolen nor forcibly taken". 
  
 Ranjit Kumar, who was representing India's government in the hearing, had said the 105-carat diamond had been "gifted" to the East India company by the former rulers of Punjab in 1849. 
  
 But a statement by India's ministry of culture on Tuesday said the government "further reiterates its resolve to make all possible efforts to bring back the Koh-i-Noor diamond in an amicable manner". 
  
 Mr Kumar's comments, which elicited surprise in India, did not represent the views of the government, the statement said. The official submission to the court has yet to be made, it added. 
  
 Viewpoint: Koh-i-Noor - a gift at the point of a bayonet 
  
 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Drawings of the Koh-i-Noor diamond dating back to circa 1860 
  
 Explaining India's confusion: Geeta Pandey, BBC News, Delhi 
  
 India's culture ministry appears to have misread the popular mood - the solicitor general's comments sparked a full-scale political row, forcing the government to backpedal. 
  
 The main opposition Congress party said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government must make all efforts to bring the diamond back since "it's connected to our emotions". 
  
 Mr Modi's allies in Punjab state, the Shiromani Akali Dal, joined the criticism, describing the government stand as "wrong". One party MP said the Punjab government would even be willing to join the court case seeking its return. 
  
 Rattled by the criticism, the prime minister's office intervened, and the culture ministry issued a clarification. 
  
 The Koh-i-Noor is undoubtedly an emotional issue in India where many believe that in 1849, the 10-year-old ruler of Punjab was forced to give it to the British and that it should be returned to India, its rightful owner. 
  
 The case is being heard by the Supreme Court in Delhi after an Indian NGO filed a petition asking the court to direct the Indian government to bring back the diamond. 
  
 The court is still considering the issue, and said it did not want to dismiss the petition as it could "stand in the way" of future attempts to bring back items that once belonged to India. 
  
 Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, said in 2009 that it should be returned as "atonement for the colonial past". 
  
 However, Britain has consistently refused to part with the gem - most recently, Prime Minister David Cameron said in 2013 he did not think returning it was "sensible". 
  
 The Indian media, however, is divided over the issue with some papers urging the government to do whatever is necessary to secure the return of the diamond, while others question whether it should be such a high priority. 
  
 The Asian Age hails the government's "U-turn" over the issue, adding that its earlier stance indicated that it had "lost sight of the fact that the return of the Koh-i-noor is linked in people's minds to national pride". 
  
 But the Economic Times asks if "an inanimate hunk of colourless carbon reposing in a crown in the Tower of London" is really worth so much effort, or if the government should be focusing its attention on more pressing issues. 
  
 The diamond was last worn by the late Queen Mother and was displayed on her crown when her coffin lay in state after her death in 2002. 
  
 Diamond's long and bloody history 
  
 Image copyright PA 
  
 The Koh-i-Noor, meaning "Mountain of Light" in Persian, is the most famous diamond in the Crown Jewels. It has been the subject of conquest and intrigue for centuries, passing through the hands of Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers and Punjabi Maharajas. 
  
 Attempting to sum up its worth, the 18th Century Afghan queen Wufa Begum said: "If a strong man were to throw four stones, one north, one south, one east, one west, and a fifth stone up into the air, and if the space between them were to be filled with gold, all would not equal the value of the Koh-i-Noor." 
  
 The stone was originally found in India's Golconda mines and measured 186 carats when it was eventually handed to the British in 1849 under the terms of a punitive treaty following the Anglo-Sikh war. It was signed by the 10-year-old Sikh ruler after his mother was thrown in jail. 
  
 However, the diamond's traditional rose cut did not impress visitors to the Great Exhibition in 1851 and so it was re-cut as an oval brilliant, gaining sparkle but losing about 40% of its weight in the process. The 105.6 carat stone - the size of a hen's egg - is currently set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. 
  
 It is said to be unlucky for men to wear the Koh-i-Noor diamond owing to its long and bloody history. Some Indian and Pakistani visitors to the Tower of London hiss as they pass it - they want it returned to the subcontinent, though to which country remains unclear. ||||| ENLARGE In this file photo from 2002, the kohinoor diamond set in a crown is seen on the coffin of Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth. Photo: Alastair Grant/Associated Press 
  
 The Indian government has again reversed its position on whether it wants the U.K. to return the Kohinoor diamond, saying it wants the gem returned in an “amicable manner. 
  
 During a hearing in Supreme Court Monday plaintiffs argued the historic gemstone, once the property of rulers of Punjab state, should be returned to India. Lawyers for India’s culture ministry in response said the massive diamond was not stolen or forcibly given to India’s former colonial rulers, but was a “gift.” 
  
 However on Tuesday, the culture ministry sought to clarify the government’s position in a statement saying it resolved to “make all possible efforts to bring back the Kohinoor diamond in an amicable manner.” 
  
 What was heard in court this week was India’s historical stance on the matter, the statement said, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will offer its reply in court in about six weeks. 
  
 The diamond which holds a prominent place in what is popularly known as the Queen Mother’s crown has been the subject of court cases in India and Pakistan. 
  
 The gem was in the possession of Maharajah Ranjit Singh of Punjab when Britain says the Kohinoor was obtained legally in 1849 as the English annexed Punjab after the Second Anglo-Sikh War. 
  
 Punjab was divided between Pakistan and India when British colonial rule ended in 1947. Courts in both countries are hearing cases over the diamond. 
  
 The nonprofit All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front in March took the government to court seeking the gemstone’s return. 
  
 “It was wrongly taken from the country,” said Shahid Parvez, general secretary of the non-profit. “This is the country’s property.” 
  
 Meanwhile, the Lahore High Court was petitioned by lawyer Jawaid Iqbal Jafree in December to return the Kohinoor to Pakistan saying in his petition that it was “illegally and forcefully taken by the British.” 
  
 –Qasim Nauman contributed to this post. |||||
Student:
It's not often that a solicitor general's comments make international waves, but Indian Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar has managed to achieve such a feat. He told his country's Supreme Court on Monday that the Koh-i-Noor diamond, in Britain's possession since 1849, "was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away" from India, but was bestowed on Queen Victoria for Britain's help in the Sikh wars. As such, he suggested the country should relinquish its claim to the gem. Not so, now says the very government he was representing in court. The ministry of culture on Tuesday issued a statement saying India "further reiterates its resolve to make all possible efforts to bring back the Koh-i-noor diamond in an amicable manner." The diamond is said to have surfaced in the 1300s and gained a reputation as "unlucky for men to wear" as it passed from Mughal princes to Afghan rulers, writes the Guardian. The Wall Street Journal explains that an Indian NGO in March filed a petition that seeks to have the court make the country go after the gem, and the government says Kumar was communicating only the historical position the country has taken; Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru did go on record decades ago saying India didn't have a solid claim to the gem. Kumar has been tasked with "seek[ing] the views" of India, and those have yet to be conveyed to the court, per the statement. Geeta Pandey of the BBC says the culture ministry "misread the popular mood," and the swift backlash led the prime minister's office to get involved. Read more on the stone here.