It was built because in 1844 the French had built an Industrial Exposition. This annoyed the British so they decided to build the 'Crystal Palace'. this was a revolution
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The main aim of The Great Exhibition was for Great Britain to show off, demonstrating its inventiveness and modern industrial designs and ideas to the rest of the world.
at the great exhibition they had on display : stalls, shops, thing to buy food places and etc.
In total, there were 13,000 different exhibits in the Great Exhibition of 1851
Because it was a way of show casing all that the country had to offer at that time..it was a one off.
You can read more about the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace where the Kor-i-noor diamond was on display. At the time, that was the largest diamond known. The exhibition intended to display the 'works of industry of all nations'. As to why this diamond in this exhibition, that detail is lost to history, unless one wants to consider the Kor-i-noor diamond a 'trophy' example on display from the India colony. You can read more, below.
The British Empire Exhibition opened on April 23, 1924. The exhibit was visited by nearly 27 million people. It was held in Wembley, which is in northwest London.