How Badminton History Linked to Poona [Amazing Facts]

Badminton is played with a racket and a shuttlecock (made with a goose's feathers) inside a rectangular court. It becomes the second most popular game after football. Apart from the West, Badminton is also famous in Malaysia, China, South Korea, India and Indonesia. This game has an interesting history, Let's know it.

Badminton History : 

Badminton's history was connected to ancient China, Greece, India and Japan. In Japan during the 16th century, Hanetsuki, like Badminton, played with a shuttlecock called hane and a wooden rectangular paddle called hagoita without a net. Today's form of Badminton was developed from a children's game called Battledore and Shuttlecock. Ancient greek drawings represent a similar game. Similar games were popular in India, China and Thailand for at least 2000 years.

Poona to Badminton:

In 1860, some British army officers played Battledore and Shuttlecock in Poona. From there it became so popular. British returned to England with a better, more developed version of the game. There they treated the game as a guest game. In 1873, the present version of the game was first played at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England. From there, the name of the game became Badminton.

World Federations and Olympics:

The first all-England badminton championship for men was held in 1899. Next year, a Badminton tournament for women also be arranged. BWF, Badminton World Federation was formed in 1934.

so many regional tournaments are also played in several countries. BWF's first international
championship was held in 1977. Apart from WTF, some internationally famous tournaments like Uber Cup (for Women's team competition) and Thomas Cup(for Men's team competition) were also established during those times. The first time Badminton was demonstrated was in the 1872 Olympics. In 1988 it was displayed in the Olympics. In 1992 it became a full-medal sport.