The Quest For A Cursed Diamond.

The Diary- 4

"Come here... where are you going... you stupid... come here in the name of the Queen", a strange voice was heard.

I opened my eyes because I had lost sleep, then lay there for a while to hear that voice again.

"I can hear the sound of your foot step", that unknown voice is heard once again.

When I saw that the head of that Englishman was giving voice from inside the box.

There was a bright red light shining inside that box, which could be seen clearly from the keyhole.

I thought in my mind that I had kept it in a big cloth wallet, then how can such a bright light shine from the box, it seems that someone has taken it out of the wallet and kept it like this in the chest, but its key was in my pocket.

Well this was not the time to think about all these things.

I picked up the rifle next to me and sat down, aiming at the entrance of the tent. If its torso had come from the front, it was ready to serve.

"Where are you... I'm waiting...in the name of queen come quick... today it's the doctor's turn...no one can take away the treasures of the East India Company ... in the name of queen come fast...where have you died", calls out a British officer from inside the trunk but there is no response.

Perhaps its torso had gone astray because of not being able to see it and the head was calling from inside the chest.

He called once... Then he was silent for a while and waited for the rest of his body to arrive. A wave of fear ran through me too.

Still, I had gathered some courage in myself,as the rifle was in my hand.

That English officer shouted once more "Hey you where are you monkey tail... in the name of queen when the sun will rise then you are going to come... come soon you fool". His voice was heavy and he was thundering above.

I thought that if its torso came out after hearing its sound, then trouble could increase.

A plan came to my mind, I called out to him "Who is there," then lowering my tone a little, said "Why are you making so much noise in the night, no one is going to help you."

"O! Doctor's companion Professor is speaking...you will also die you bloody thief, just let my torso come once ... In the name of the Queen, not a single man will stay alive", the English officer angrily said but now there was not so much emphasis on his coming out alphabets in his voice and words could not be easily heard outside.

My plan started working, he was also answering my questions and got entangled in things.

I asked him "Who are you my lord", looking at the box.

"I am Commander Brad Shaw Rowdy", the British officer replied to my question.

I continued the conversation and said, "India is now independent, Commander Saheb and now this treasure is the legacy of the Government of India".

"India became free, has this treasure been given by the High Command of the British East India Company under the supervision of Commander Brad Shaw Rowdy and if it is Brad Shaw, then no one can take this treasure, in the name of the Queen",

The commander replied that his voice was full of anger but at the same time he was very confident.

There was a great curiosity in my mind to know in detail about that treasure, so I asked him to tell all the things from the beginning because it was very important to know how he was connected to this treasure and the treasure was so far away from the city or village, away from the deserted mountains.

What he was doing in the cave was a riddle that only the commander could answer.

There was a great curiosity in my mind to know in detail about that treasure, so I asked him to tell all the things from the beginning because it was very important to know how he was connected to this treasure and the treasure was so far away from the city or village, away from the deserted mountains. What he was doing in the cave was a riddle that only the commander could answer.

The commander started telling all "There was a time when the East India Company had all the countries of Asia in the possession. This company had a big port like Singapore and Penang. It was the biggest source of employment in Britain.

In India, this company had an army of more than 2.5 lakh people. It was not only England, but people of all countries of Europe had interfered in their lives. People used to drink tea then of the East India Company, and wear clothes then of the East India Company, in the name of the Queen".

The commander continued the "Partegazi campaign in 1498 which Vasco da Gama found a way from the southern corner of Africa and connected India to Europe by sea route." During the ensuing decades, the Partghazi deaf using intimidation, intimidation and rioting all the trades of Bahar- e-Hind were captured and on seeing it, the sun of luck of Portugal started shining on half the sky.

Seeing them, the Dutch came to Bahr-e-Hind with their cannon-carrier naval ships and fighting started between the two countries.

When the Portuguese changed the history of India.England was watching this whole game very carefully, why would it have been left behind in this race?

Therefore, following the footsteps of these two countries, Queen Elizabeth established the East India Company in December 1600 and allowed it to trade with the countries of Asia with full ownership.

But the British did a thing which the two European countries, who came before us could not do.

British not only spent all the energy on the war trade, but also paid a lot of attention to the work of the embassy. This was the reason that the British sent an accomplished ambassador like Thomas Roe to India so that he would open the closed doors for the East India Company.

The British East India Company was established on 31 December 1600 by a Royal Charter as a joint stock company of London merchants that united to counter the competition of the Dutch in the trade of the East.

This company was given the monopoly of all trade in England with the East and even in that period dominated by mercantile ideas, precious metals were allowed to be taken out of the country to meet the expenses of their business.

The Company formally began its trade in India in 1613, after it had settled with the Portuguese who had come before it.

A decree of the Mughal emperor Jahangir allowed him to set up his own warehouses in India and the first factory was built at Surat on the west coast.

In 1617, Jahangir welcomed Sir Thomas Roe as the British's resident envoy to his court.

It was this humble beginning after which the Company gradually expanded its trading activities to other parts of India, and Bombay, Calcutta and Madras had become the three major centers of its activities by the end of the seventeenth century, in the name of the Queen.

He told further."Well, it was the emperor's anniversary and according to the Mughal tradition, he was to be weighed. The British Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe was also present in the court on this occasion.

The ceremony was being held on a square platform surrounded by water, a giant gilded scale was installed in the center of the platform.

Many silk bags were kept in one pan, in the other the fourth Mughal emperor himself, Nuruddin Mohammad Jahangir, rode cautiously.

The weight of Emperor Jahangir, including the heavy cloaks, the crown, gold and jewellery, came out to be about two and a half hundred pounds. In one pan the district was seated, the silk bags kept in the other were changed one by one.

First the Mughal emperor was weighed with silver coins, then immediately distributed among the poor.

Then came the turn of gold, then jewellery, then silk, and finally other valuables, the king's salamat's weight was compared.

This was the scene which Sir Thomas Roe, the British ambassador to the Mughal emperor Nuruddin Mohammad Jahangir's court, saw and noted in the diary about three hundred years ago.

But this astonishing display of wealth made Sir Thomas doubt whether the sealed bags were really filled with diamonds and jewels or gold, whether there were stones in them," the commander fell silent for a while as he spoke.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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