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What is the story of Kohinoor (Koh-i-Noor) Diamond?
How did the British first come to possess the diamond?
The British acquired the Kohinoor Diamond from Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh ruler of the Punjab region, in 1849. He was forced to hand it over to the British East India Company after the Second Anglo-Sikh War.