Lasorna
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In England. Inspired by an Indian game, poona, the English Federation was founded in 1893. Hope this helps. => |
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cotopaxi
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Wikipedia entry for Badminton House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_House
"Badminton House is a large country house in Gloucestershire, England, and has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. The architect William Kent renovated and extended the house in the Palladian style in the early 18th century, but many earlier elements remain. The sport of Badminton was invented at the house." |
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Royallady1947
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Sir Baderly Hughson-Smythe, Duke of Minton developed the game. |
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JJ
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Foreign people. |
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writerbynature
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An early ancestor of the game may have been the Chinese game of jianzi which involves using a shuttlecock but no racquet. Instead the object was manipulated with the feet. The object of the game is to keep the shuttlecock from touching the ground as long as possible without using the hands.
Battledore and shuttlecock, an antecedent to the modern game of Badminton. 1854, from the John Leech Archive [1]
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Battledore and shuttlecock, an antecedent to the modern game of Badminton.
1854, from the John Leech Archive [1]
In England since medieval times a children's game called Battledores and Shuttlecocks was popular. Children would use paddles (Battledores) and work together to keep the Shuttlecock up in the air and prevent it from reaching the ground. It was popular enough to be a nuisance on the street of London in 1854 when the magazine Punch published this cartoon.
The British took the game to Japan, China and Siam as they colonised Asia, and it soon became a children's game there.
The competitive sport of badminton was invented by British Army officers in Pune, India in the 19th century when they added a net and played it competitively. As the city of Pune was formerly known as Poona, the game was also known as Poona at that time.
Soldiers brought the game back to England in the 1850s. The sport got its current name in 1860 in a pamphlet by Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, entitled "Badminton Battledore - a new game". This described the game as played at Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort's estate in Gloucestershire, England.
The first official set of rules was written by the Bath Badminton Club in 1877. The Badminton Association of England was formed in 1893 and the first international championship took place in 1899 with the All England Championships.
Badminton became a popular sport in the world, primarily in East and Southeast Asia, which currently dominates the sport, and in the Scandinavian countries.
The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was established in 1934 and had England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France as by founding members. India joined as an affiliate in 1936. In the Extraordinary General Meeting of December 2004, a proposal to move the IBF office from the UK to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was tabled and subsequently approved amid heated discussion.
It became a Summer Olympic sport at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Indonesia and Korea shared the gold medal with two each that year. |
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pwacheri
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The competitive sport of badminton was invented by British Army officers in Pune, India in the 19th century when they added a net and played it competitively. As the city of Pune was formerly known as Poona, the game was also known as Poona at that time.
Soldiers brought the game back to England in the 1850s. The sport got its current name in 1860 in a pamphlet by Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, entitled "Badminton Battledore - a new game". This described the game as played at Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort's estate in Gloucestershire, England.
The first official set of rules was written by the Bath Badminton Club in 1877. The Badminton Association of England was formed in 1893 and the first international championship took place in 1899 with the All England Championships. |
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Ron C
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No one "discovered" badminton, it was invented, at a country estate in England called "Badminton House." |
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dragonberry_huckefly
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the bad mint |
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futsm
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I discovered badminton last week, great innit! |
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straight_jacket_parade
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the doublemint twins i believe, ya cant play badminton alone afterall...ok, i got nothin |
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dea m
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BADGUY BALL HAND |
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