About UsMadhya Pradesh, were the Indian Diamond Mines Panna Mines are located and the world famous Koh-i-noor Diamond was first reported in 1304 AD in the ownership of Mahlak Deo, the Raja of Malwa and the pair of ‘Indore Pears’ Pear shaped diamonds were once part of the collections of the Holkars, Maharajas of Indore in Malwa region of the then Ratnapuri of Madhya Bharat, now Madhya Pradesh.
While serving in high position in the court of his highness, Rajkumar Ratan Singhji of Jodhpur appointed Mehta Kishandasji in 1654 AD and gifted 32 Parganas in the Malwa region after which this clan never looked back and went on to conquer even the so called “The Great Undefeatable Chitorh Fort” and built a Jain temple and Bavdi. It stands testimony till today. While fighting in a battle in Mewar in 1752 AD, Raja Takht Singhji laid down his life heroicly and his horse brought the pagdi back to the sprawling Haveli in Bibrod near Ratlam and breathed its last. Rani Munjana Devi became sati there. In memory of this a vishal Chabutra was built, after that the Mehta clan began to rever her as their kuldevi.
In 1940 Mehta Shardul Singhji an Expert in all the Navratnas came to Karaikudi in the Chettinadu region of Tamil Nadu. Karaikudi Chettinadu region and Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh have one thing in common i.e., “DIAMONDS”. Long before Mumbai became the diamond centre of India, Karaikudi was the only destination for Diamonds in India because of the prosperous, philanthropic, calculative business community of Chettiars, who are also known as Naattukottai Nagarathars, who knew the value of Diamonds and Gems apart from the elite group of Maharajas of India. |
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