{"id":57320,"date":"2026-02-02T06:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=57320"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:03:25","slug":"once-upon-a-time-a-bus-linked-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b3-india-to-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=57320","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Time, a Bus Linked \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India to \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 England!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know THIS incredible piece of history?<\/p>\n

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Yes, you read that right.
\nThere was a time when a BUS connected \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India to \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 England!<\/p>\n

Between 1957\u20131973, this legendary overland bus journey started from \ud83d\udccd Kolkata, India and traveled all the way to \ud83d\udccd London, England \u2014 covering 11 countries in just 110 days \ud83c\udf0d
\nAnd the most shocking part?
\nThe entire journey cost only \u20b93,000, including food, stay, and travel! \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\udcb8<\/p>\n

Imagine starting from the busy streets of Kolkata, crossing borders, cultures, deserts, and mountains \u2014 without flights, without luxury \u2014 just pure adventure and human connection. \u2764\ufe0f
\nNo smartphones. No GPS. No Google Maps.
\nOnly courage, curiosity, and the spirit of exploration. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t just a bus route \u2014 it was a moving symbol of unity, freedom, and fearless travel.
\nA reminder that the world once felt smaller, slower, and more connected. <\/p>\n

Sometimes, history really hits harder than fiction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know THIS incredible piece of history? Yes, you read that right. There was a time when a BUS connected \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India to \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 England! Between 1957\u20131973, this legendary … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57323,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57320\/revisions\/57323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}