Britain's Most Famous Jewel Was Signed Away by an 11-Year-Old

186 carats, pulled from a riverbed in southern India. The Kohinoor. Persia took it, then Afghanistan, then the Sikhs of Lahore. In 1849 Britain annexed Punjab and made an 11-year-old Maharaja, Duleep Singh, sign it away to Queen Victoria. Britain then cut it down to 105.6 carats and set it in the Crown Jewels, where it sits today in the Tower of London. India has asked for it back for decades. The answer is still no. Follow Money Maps for the stories behind the world's treasures. #Kohinoor #India #Britain #history #CrownJewels #DuleepSingh #Punjab #MoneyMaps #shorts