Commonwealth Games 2010 - Queens Baton reaches Taj Mahal

Queens Baton relay reached the historical monument of love Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal is one of the sevent wonders of the world and have also become an image thats almost include in any website, presentation that relates to tourism in India. Monument is reported to attract 2 to 4 million tourists bot national and foreigners. You can find more information about Taj Mahal history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

Given various controversies about the tournament, one good statement came that none of the team will pull out from the tournament anf of course games will end up on a positive note of India

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Participating nations

Total 72 countries will participate in 2010 commonwealth games being held in India. Rwanda is a new nation participating this time as it got commonwealth membership in 2009. This time Fiji will not participate as it is banned from commonwealth.


Anguilla
Falkland Islands
Malta Scotland
Antigua and Barbuda
Gambia Mauritius
Seychelles
Australia
Ghana
Montserrat
Sierra Leone
Bahamas
Gibraltar
Mozambique
Singapore
Bangladesh
Grenada
Namibia
Solomon Islands
Barbados
Guernsey
Nauru
South Africa
Belize
Guyana
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Bermuda
India
Nigeria
Swaziland
Botswana
Isle of Man
Niue
Tanzania
British Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Norfolk Island
Tokelau
Brunei
Jersey
Northern Ireland
Tonga
Cameroon
Kenya
Pakistan
Trinidad and Tobago
Canada
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Lesotho
Saint Helena
Tuvalu
Cook Islands
Malawi
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Uganda
Cyprus
Malaysia
Saint Lucia
Vanuatu
Dominica
Maldives
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Wales
England
Samoa
Zambia

Commonwealth Games 2010 Anthem Song - A R Rehman

The Commonwealth Games CWG theme song, Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto, has been composed by Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman. Rehman won oscar his music in Movie Slumdog Millionaire.
The Commonwealth Games CWG come to India for the first time. Rehman is reportedly paid around Rs 5 crore for composing this song.