 Du Chakay Duniya Cover Page | |
| Author | Bimal Mukherjee |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Travel books |
| Publisher | Swarnakshar Publication |
Publication date | June 1986 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 319 |
| ISBN | 81-86891-16-1 |
Du Chakay Duniya (Bengali: দু চাকায় দুনিয়া) (Meaning :The World on Two Wheels in English) is a Bengali book written by the first Indian Globe -Trotter Bimal Mukherjee (1903–1987) based on his experiences of traveling through the world on a bicycle. In 1926 Bimal Mukherjee went on an epic world tour on a bicycle. Already before that he had completed touring India on his bicycle during the period 1921–1926. Banking on a meager budget and an insatiable thirst of knowing the unknown world he went on his epic adventure of world tour. He traveled through Arab, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Britain, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Italy, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Germany, United States, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Hawaii, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and many other countries before returning to India again in 1937. As the first Indian globe trotter he has jotted down all of his amazing and awesome experiences of globe trotting in this book.