Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was responsible for the British acquiring the Koh-i-Noor?

  1. George Cooper

  2. Lord Dalhousie

  3. Duleep Singh

  4. Queen Victoria
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Explanation

Lord Dalhousie, as Governor-General of India, orchestrated the acquisition of the Koh-i-Noor diamond through the Treaty of Lahore in 1849 after the Anglo-Sikh Wars. The diamond was surrendered by Maharaja Duleep Singh (then a minor) as part of the peace terms. Queen Victoria later received the diamond, but Dalhousie was the key British official responsible for its transfer.

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