Q. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by _____:
Answer: Persian invader Nadir Shah
Notes: Nadir Shah took away the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond and the jewel-studded Peacock Throne of Shahjahan from India. In 1739, The Kohinoor, mounted at the head of one of the peacocks on Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne, left India and the Mughal treasury when Nader Shah carved the Peacock Throne out of the Delhi Cloth.

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