23 Years Ago, 4 Sikh Men Travelled From Ludhiana To Australia By Scooters For World Peace

Almost 23 years back, four turbaned men with an intention to spread the message of world peace started their journey from Ludhiana to Australia by road. These enthusiastic men opted Bajaj Chetak scooters as their mode of transport.

Parminder Singh, Davinder Singh, Onkar Singh and Balbir Singh travelled through over seven countries, including Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Thailand among others, and cover about 7500 km before reaching their destination.

Ramandeep Singh Sran, son of late  Parminder Singh, shared this interesting story with the leading website sbs.com.au.

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“In June 1996, my father and his three friends went out for the world tour on two scooters. The journey that started from our native city of Ludhiana in northern India ended up in Australia,” he told SBS Punjabi.

“To my understanding, they travelled across the roads of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia before landing in Australia. From Indonesia onwards, the journey was covered by the ferry or ship and I am told that they carried their scooters with them,” SBS Punjabi quoted Ramandeep Singh Sran as saying.

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“Most of their stays were at the Gurdwaras . They’d an amazing experience with the local people who offered them food and shelter. It was a tough journey but they somehow managed to reach Australia in about 100 days," he added.

Parminder Singh, the main brain behind this memorable journey, recently died of cancer.