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1100 - 1300Possible period in which the Koh-i-Noor diamond was discovered in the Golconda mines in India.
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1526Likely the first written reference to the Koh-i-Noor diamond in the memoirs of the Mughal emperor Babur.
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1526An alternative theory suggests this date as when the Raja of Gwalior gave the Mughal emperors the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
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c. 1650An alternative theory that the Mughal emprors acquired the Koh-i-Noor diamond from the Kollur mines of the Krishna River.
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1739The Persian leader Nader Shah acquires the Koh-i-Noor diamond after victory over the Mughal Empire and the capture of Delhi.
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1747Ahmad Shah, founder of the Durani Dynasty of rulers in Afghanistan, acquires the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
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1813Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of the Punjab, acquires the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
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1849Following victory in the Anglo-Sikh Wars and as part of the ensuing peace treaty, the East India Company acquires the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
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Jul 1850The Koh-i-Noor diamond is presented to Queen Victoria.
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1851The Koh-i-Noor diamond is presented to the public at the Great Exhibition in London.
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1852The Koh-i-Noor diamond is cut into an oval brilliant, reducing its weight from 186 to 105.6 carats.
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1902The Koh-i-Noor diamond is set into the coronation crown of Queen Alexandra.
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1911The Koh-i-Noor diamond is set into the coronation crown of Queen Mary.
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1937The Koh-i-Noor diamond is set into the coronation crown of Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI.