KOLKATTA,AUG 1 : FORMER INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN SOURAV GANGULY AND SOCCER STAR BHAICHUNG BHUTIA WERE AMONG MANY SPORTSPERSONS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RELAY WITH THE QUEEN'S BATON FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AS IT REACHED KOLKATTA FROM TRIPURA ON SUNDAY MORNING..
The baton, which just left Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, was taken to the Victoria Memorial via VIP Road and AJC Bose Road after a stopover at Alipore.
During its 100-day run in India, the baton would cover 28 states and seven Union Territories, before finally reaching the 2010 Commonwealth Games host city, New Delhi.
The baton carries a message from the head of the Commonwealth of Nations, Queen Elizabeth II, which would be read out at the opening ceremony, to be attended by Prince Charles.
The Queen's Baton Relay race symbolizes the unity and shared ideals of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The baton was released for the 2010 CWG Games on October 29, 2009 from Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II in London in the presence of Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
Travelling by different modes and going through thousands of hands, the baton would cover over 20,000 km, in 340 days, making the Baton Relay 2010 one of the longest relays in the history of the Commonwealth Games.
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