In India, emotions over the passing of Queen Elizabeth II ran the gamut. Political leaders and Bollywood celebrities expressed their condolences. Others said the queen and her possessions continue to symbolize the exploitative nature of colonial rule.
Queen Elizabeth’s death ended a remarkable 70-year rule — so long that most of Britain’s 68 million people have known no other sovereign., one of the largest cut diamonds in the world and estimated to be worth more than $200 million, was discovered in the 14th century in southern India. According to the Archeological Survey of India, the Maharaja of Lahore “surrendered” the diamond to Britain’s Queen Victoria in 1849.
On her first trip, the queen toured Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, addressed a gathering of thousands of people in New Delhi, and visited the Taj Mahal in Agra in an open-top car, waving to crowds that warmly welcomed her.Her third visit marked the 50th anniversary of India’s independence, and she made a stop at the Jallianwala Bagh, a site in the North Indian city of Amritsar, where British troops had fired upon a peaceful gathering of protesters in 1919.
Saiyid Zaheer Husain Jafri, professor of medieval Indian history at Delhi University, said the British authorities have always mistreated and ill-treated the royal houses in India. “The monarchy cannot be detached from this history,” he said. “The colonial rule has left India with legacies we are still struggling with. The British looted India for 200 years.”
Her gesture of inviting three members from Mumbai Dabbawala Assn., a tiffin delivery service, for her son then-Prince Charles’ wedding in 2005 had also been widely appreciated.
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