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And as for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond: far from being a celebratory reflection of great British–Sikh relations, the brutal truth is that it ended up in the Crown Jewels only after it had been seized from Maharajah Ranjit Singh’s family by the East India Company: the campaign to have it returned is very much alive.
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
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