Chalke Valley History Hit

In a formal Act of Submission to Queen Victoria in 1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah of Punjab presented the British East India Company with an object of immense value: the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond. Internationally acclaimed historians Anita Anand and William Dalrymple challenge the accepted version of the history of this jewel to tell a tale of greed, murder and colonialism.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.www.cvhf.org.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.