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当地时间10月25日,里希·苏纳克在白金汉宫接受英国国王查尔斯三世的正式任命,成为英国新任首相。
据俄罗斯卫星通讯社报道,苏纳克上任后,印度网友要求英国归还“光明之山”钻石的声音再次高涨!
With the UK's first Indian-origin Prime Minister Rishi Sunak having taken charge of his new post, netizens are calling for the return of the 105.6 carat Kohinoor diamond, worth $591 million, which is set in the crown of the Queen Mother.
一名印度网民在推特上写道:“我们希望里希·苏纳克进入首相办公室的第一天就归还‘光之山’钻石。”
现在所有眼睛都盯着“光明之山”
所谓的“光明之山”钻石是指镶嵌在已故英国女王伊丽莎白二世王冠上的钻石,据悉,这颗钻石重达105.6克拉,价值5.91亿美元。
印度考古调查局(ASI)认定,这颗钻石是在12世纪至14世纪之间在印度中南部的戈尔康达矿采集的。根据英国皇家收藏信托基金会的说法,1849年,作为《拉合尔条约》的一部分,这颗钻石由锡克帝国最后一位君主杜利普·辛格“献给”维多利亚女王,当时杜利普才11岁。许多印度人认为,这枚钻石是被英国掠夺走的。
India has long been demanding the return of the $591 million, 105-carat Kohinoor diamond that was placed in the crown of the Queen Mother. As per the Royal Collection Trust, the disputed diamond was “surrendered” to Queen Victoria in 1849 as part of the Treaty of Lahore by India’s last Sikh Emperor Maharaja Duleep Singh when he was 11 years old.
自从1947年印度获得独立以来,印度方面一直呼吁英国归还这颗钻石。2009年,印度独立领导人甘地的曾孙图沙尔也曾向英国政府提出了归还“光之山”的要求,他表示:“归还它是对殖民历史的赎罪”。
Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, called for the Koh-i- Noor to be handed back, saying: 'Returning it would be atonement for the colonial past.'
不过,英国并没有理会这些请求。据BBC报道,在2010年访问印度期间,时任英国首相卡梅伦对当地媒体表示,这颗钻石将留在英国。他直言:“如果你答应了一次(请求),你就会突然发现大英博物馆将变得空空如也……恐怕它(“光明之山”钻石)将不得不留在原地。”
During a 2010 visit to India, then-Prime Minister David Cameron told local media that the diamond would stay in the United Kingdom.
“If you say yes to one [request], you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty... I'm afraid it's going to have to stay put," Cameron said.
上个月英国女王伊丽莎白二世去世后,印度网民也曾在社交媒体上掀起要求归还这枚钻石的浪潮。在一片争议声中,英国媒体报道称,这颗钻石将不会被用于2023年5月6日卡米拉王后的加冕典礼,理由是担心它可能引发对英国的负面情绪,特别是来自印度的。
Amid the controversy, the British media reported that the diamond will not be used in the coronation of Camilla on May 6, 2023 over concerns it may spark negative sentiments towards the UK, particularly in India.
与此同时,印度外交部发言人巴格奇在记者会上表示,印度寻求与英国政府就归还这枚钻石达成“令人满意的解决方案”。
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