Kohinoor not gifted but surrendered by minor Maharaja: ASI
Replying to an RTI, the Archaeological Survey of India has revealed that the Kohinoor was not gifted to Queen Victoria but was "surrendered" by Maharaja Duleep Singh who was a minor at the time. This contradicts the Centre's statement to the Supreme Court in 2016 that the diamond was neither "forcibly taken nor stolen" but gifted to the British.