Watch: Zohran Mamdani says he would ask King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

New York City politician Zohran Mamdani connected Thursday indicated helium would rise the contented of the Koh-i-Noor diamond if fixed the accidental to talk to King Charles III.“If I was to talk to the King separately from that, I would astir apt promote him to instrumentality the Koh-i-Noor diamond,” Mamdani said astatine a property league connected Wednesday up of his gathering with the British monarch successful New York aboriginal successful the time during his authorities sojourn to the US.

Mamdani was responding to questions connected what helium would accidental to the King, who was successful the metropolis connected the 2nd time of his visit.King Charles III addressed a associated gathering of the US Congress connected Tuesday, arsenic helium and Queen Camilla were honoured astatine a authorities meal hosted by US president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump astatine the White House.During their sojourn to New York City, the royal mates paid their respects astatine the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, commemorating victims of the 2001 panic attacks, and besides toured Harlem Grown, which supports children and families successful Upper Manhattan done municipality agriculture initiatives.The Koh-i-Noor diamond, whose sanction translates to “Mountain of Light,” was mined successful India’s Kollur Mine. Originally weighing astir 186 carats earlier it was recut, the diamond passed done respective Indian dynasties, including the Mughal Empire and the Sikh Empire.In 1849, pursuing the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the British East India Company forced the 10-year-old Maharaja Duleep Singh to motion the Treaty of Lahore, nether which the diamond was ceded to Queen Victoria.

The diamond present weighs 105.6 carats and is acceptable successful the crown of Queen Elizabeth. It is kept connected show down reinforced solid astatine the Tower of London.India has said it volition proceed to research options to unafraid the instrumentality of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from the United Kingdom and volition persist successful seeking a “satisfactory solution of the matter.”