Kumar Satish (w3358)
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- Description: Born on 9 August 1936 in India, Satish Kumar, a former Jain monk and peace activist, set off from New Delhi in June 1962 together with his friend E. P. Menon on a peace pilgrimage to the four nuclear capitals of the world - Moscow, Paris, London and Washington D.C. The two walked approximately 12,875 km (8,000 miles) in two and a half years, carrying no money and relying entirely on the hospitality of strangers. The route passed through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, the Soviet Union, Poland, East and West Germany, Belgium, France, England, the United States and Japan. Along the way they delivered a packet of "peace tea" to the leaders of each nuclear power. The journey is recounted in Kumar's book Pilgrimage for Peace (2020)
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1936-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Kumar
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1105898
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kumar, Satish. Pilgrimage for Peace: The Long Walk from India to Washington. Totnes: Green Books, 2020.
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