India, May 3 -- When New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani was asked what he would ask the visiting King Charles III of the United Kingdom, it did not take him a second to reply: "I would encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor (Mountain of Light) to India". It took seconds for this quip of the Democratic Party politician to go viral the world over. The greatest joy was that of the Punjabis for they have never forgotten the loss of the legendary diamond, 105.6 carats, one of the largest in the world which was found in India's mines some 800 years ago. Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the secular Sikh kingdom of Punjab, ruled from 1801 till he passed away in 1839. The Maharaja wore it on his forearm as a symbol of Punjab's sovereignty. It ...