New Delhi, May 04: The Commonwealth Games slated for Oct 3-14 is the biggest event in India and the relay, which is similar to the Olympic Torch Relay,the Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) will reach India on 25th of June after traveling 71 countries
The relay will be the longest ever in the history of the games.This tradition of Commonwealth Games was started in 1958.The Queen’s baton is currently in the world’s smallest island nation of Nauru in the South Pacific Ocean on day 188 Tuesday of the relay, which was flagged off by Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace Oct 29, 2009.
From the Pacific islands, the baton will travel to Australia and New Zealand, before making landfall on the Asian continent at Singapore. The Baton would go to Australia next week.
The specially-designed baton, made of light-weight aluminium and plated with gold, will wind its way through Asia, before reaching India from Pakistan June 25.
When it finally touches Indian soil, the baton would have travelled through 71 nations and territories for a total of 340 days covering 190,000 kilometres.
Within the country, the baton will travel another 20,000 kilometres, which will be a serpentine journey through 28 states and seven union territories before ending at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Oct 3.
—Agencies