Kalmadi then handed over the baton to the first baton-bearer Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist.

The other baton-bearers were Sebastian Coe, Kapil Dev, Sania Mirza, Mikha Singh, Kelly Holmes, Monty Panesar, Vijender Kumar, Misha Grewal, Sushil Kumar, Susan Gilroy, Karnam Malleshwari, Dilip Tirkey and Gurbachan Singh Randhawa.

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The Baton will now traverse the length and breadth of the Commonwealth for 240 days, visiting all of the other 70 nations, before embarking upon a 100 day tour of India.

The Baton will have travelled for 340 days and covered in excess of 190,000 kilometres, on many different modes of transport - from bicycle and boat to hot air balloon, steam train and even on an elephant, conveying the Queen's message to its final destination Delhi.