Kohinoor diamond should be returned to India as a good gesture

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Bangalore: NRI doctor and Mayor of London borough of Lambeth Neeraj Patil today said the Kohinoor diamond should be returned to India as a "good gesture."

"As far as Kohinoor is concerned, my political mentor Keith Vaz and I hold the same opinion. I think Kohinoor belongs to India and it should be returned", he told reporters here.

"I am very much in favour of Britain returning the diamond as a good gesture", he said.

Kohinoor is a 105-carat diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world originated in India. It was seized by East India Company and became part of the British Crown Jewels when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877 and is currently in the custody of the British crown.

In July, British Prime Minister David Cameron had said the gem could not be returned to India as the move would set an unworkable precedent.

Vaz, a Labour MP, had said it would be a very fitting for the KohiNoor to return to the country in which it was mined.

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