Maharani Jind Kaur's earrings fetch â¹1.6 crore at UK auction
A pair of gold earrings from the collection of Maharani Jind Kaur, the mother of the last Sikh ruler of Punjab, has fetched a record price of Â£175,000 (â¹1.6 crore) in London. The earrings, estimated to fetch a price between Â£20,000 and Â£30,000, were part of a collection plundered by the British Army when she was deposed in 1846. 