Nov. 3 – Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain presented the relay baton for the launching of the Delhi Commonwealth Games to Indian President Pratibha Patel at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace last week.
The baton will now travel 190,000 kilometers through the 70 member nations of the British Commonwealth before ending up in Delhi on October 3 next year at the Opening ceremony. The Commonwealth Games are the world’s third largest sporting event.
The baton was designed in India and will light up in the colors of each participating nation it passes through on its journey. With a Bluetooth embedded inside, it will record the sounds and voices of the crowds as it makes its way on its long journey, and will be able to display messages from well wishers. Messages can be send to the baton at +91 9818924545. Images and sounds it will capture on its journey are available at the event’s web site.
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This is an innovative steps on the part of India. Indian president given the awards to Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain for their nice work she will done…
Thanks for providing event’s website link here..
It is a great initiative, a multi-media relay baton. I think thats very cool.
However, while I appreciate the age and dignity of Queen Elizabeth and President Pratibha Patel, I think it would have been much more fun if they’d had the Queen run down the corridors of Buckingham Palace at a sprint to hand it over to Madame Patel who then would sprint to a given finishing line and hurl herself over the ribbon in an ecstacy of sprint relay finishing. That would’ve pushed the New York Marathon off the front pages.