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Gupta, Priya (19 September 2014). "Hrithik Roshan steals the Kohinoor in Bang Bang". The Times of India . Retrieved 6 February 2023. Skaife, Christopher (2018). Ravenmaster: Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London. HarperCollins. p.214. ISBN 9781443455930.
a b Weights from 82 + 3⁄ 4 to 122 + 3⁄ 4 carats have been erroneously published since the 19th century. [6] Until 1992, the official weight of the Koh-i-Noor was 108.93 metric carats, [7] but this figure has been revised to 105.602 metric carats, [8] or 102 + 13⁄ 16 old English carats. [6] On the Job With the Tower of London's Ravenmaster". Audubon. 24 October 2018 . Retrieved 21 September 2022. Sucher, Scott D.; Carriere, Dale P. (2008). "The Use of Laser and X-ray Scanning to Create a Model of the Historic Koh-i-Noor Diamond". Gems & Gemology. 44 (2): 124–141. doi: 10.5741/GEMS.44.2.124.a b "Koh-i-Noor". Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2008. p.1046. ISBN 9781593394929. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019 . Retrieved 26 August 2019. The Koh-i-noor (Hindi for 'mountain of light') was acquired by the British in 1849 and became part of the Crown Jewels of Queen Victoria. In 1161, Edward the Confessor was made a saint, and objects connected with his reign became holy relics. The monks at his burial place, Westminster Abbey, claimed that Edward had asked them to look after his regalia in perpetuity and that they were to be used at the coronations of all future kings. [22] A note to this effect is contained in an inventory of precious relics drawn up by a monk at the abbey in 1450, recording a tunicle, dalmatic, pallium, and other vestments; a gold sceptre, two rods, a gold crown, comb, and spoon; a crown and two rods for the queen's coronation; and a chalice of onyx stone and a paten made of gold for the Holy Communion. [25] Although the Abbey's claim is likely to have been an exercise in self-promotion, and some of the regalia had probably been taken from Edward's grave when he was reinterred there, it became accepted as fact, [22] thereby establishing the first known set of hereditary coronation regalia in Europe. [26] Westminster Abbey is owned by a monarch, [27] and the regalia had always been royal property – the abbots were mere custodians. In the following centuries, some of these objects would fall out of use and the regalia would expand to include many others used or worn by monarchs and queens consort at coronations. [28] Younghusband, Sir George; Davenport, Cyril (1919). The Crown Jewels of England. Cassell & Co. ASIN B00086FM86.
Valentine Ball in Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Travels in India, 1889, Macmillan, vol. II, Appendix, plate VI. During the global spread of H5N1 virus ("bird flu") in 2006, the ravens of the Tower were taken inside and lived in "custom-built aviaries". [51]
On 15 September 1843, both Sher Singh and prime minister Dhian Singh were assassinated in a coup led by Ajit Singh Sandhawalia. However, the next day in a counter coup led by Dhian's son Hira Singh the assassins were killed. Aged 24, Hira Singh succeeded his father as prime minister, and installed the five-year old Duleep Singh as emperor. The Koh-i-noor was now fastened to the arm of the child emperor in court at Lahore. Duleep Singh and his mother empress Jind Kaur, had till then resided in Jammu, the kingdom governed by Gulab Singh. [11]
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