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Diamond in My Palm - Book

December 30 , 2019 1663 days 957 0
  • Sanjay Dharwadker authored the book titled “Diamond in My Palm”.
  • This book describes, how the world’s 12 greatest diamonds 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).

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