Sanjay Dharwadker authored the book titled “Diamond in My Palm”.
This book describes, how the world’s 12 greatestdiamonds originated from Golconda and Kollur mines in Andhra Pradesh & later took away by Mughals, Persians, Brits, French, Turks and Russians after centuries and now ensconced in their national treasures.
The important diamonds listed in the book were:
Koh-i-Noor (In London),
Pink Darya-i-Noor (now in Tehran),
The pale, flat-shaped Shah Diamond and the half egg eye shaped, blue-green Orlov Diamond (now in Kremlin); and
The fabled Blue Diamond (now the Hope Diamond in the Smithsonian).