“Mountain of Light” in Persian - is a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world. It was mined in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and has belonged to various Hindu, Mughal, Persian, Afghan, Sikh and British rulers who fought bitterly over it at various points in history and seized it as a spoil of war time and again. It was seized by the East India Company and became part of the British Crown Jewels when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877.
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