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> The Sikhs [..] lost the Punjab to the East India Company who signed a peace deal with the boy king, Duleep Singh, which included the Kohinoor as tribute. Dule
by robotresearcher 5y ago
> The Sikhs [..] lost the Punjab to the East India Company who signed a peace deal with the boy king, Duleep Singh, which included the Kohinoor as tribute. Duleep would later be exiled to England where he would personally hand the Kohinoor over to his patron Queen Victoria.
This jewel was not strictly pirated by the British. Though peace deals are signed under duress, of course.