Amritsar, Friday, 25 June2010: Starting the 100-day countdown to this year’s Commonwealth Games, the Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in India from Pakistan through the historic Wagah Border here today.

Chairman of the CWG Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi, received the baton from Pakistan Olympic Association President Lt Gen Syed Arif Hassan at the international border, where the Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell was also present.

The QBR, which was launched by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London on October 29 last year in the presence of Indian President Pratibha Patil, will now start a 100-day national tour which would culminate in New Delhi for the Games from October 3 to 14.

With this, the baton is nearing the end of its 190,000-km journey, covering 71 nations and territories across the world.

(Agencies)