Brief History of Badminton?

Dear fellow readers, i believed most of you took up badminton as a hobby and played it during your free time. But do you guys know about the 'Brief history of badminton'? Today I'll be discussing more about it.

Firstly, the origins of the game ‘Badminton’ was invented more than 2000 years ago in accident civilizations Greece, China, Japan, India and other parts of Asia. Back then the ancient game was known as ‘Battledore’ (bat or paddle) and ‘Shuttlecock’. In the 1600s “Battledore” and “Shuttlecock” was an upper class pastime peasant played in Medieval England and later on to many European countries where it was so well-received (popular) game played by both adults and children. The game simply involved two people hitting a shuttlecock (often refers to a ‘bird’) backward and forwards with a simple bat as many times as they could without allowing it to drop on the ground.

A picture shown how 'Battledore' were played

Secondly, the contemporary form of badminton was introduced in 1860s, a game entitled ‘Poona’ was played in India very much similar to ‘Battledore’ and ‘Shuttlecock’ but with an added equipment which is the net. Thereafter in the year 1870s the British Army officers learned about the game and brought it back to England and there was a party given in 1873 by the Duke of Beaufort at his country place, “Badminton” in Gloucestershire. During that time, the game had no name, but it was referred to as 'The Game of Badminton' and thereupon, 'Badminton' became its official name. 

Lastly, The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was formed in 1934 with 9 founding members.

• England
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• Denmark
• Holland
• Canada
• New Zealand
• France

Since then, major international tournaments like the Thomas Cup (Men) and Uber Cup (Women) were held. Badminton was officially granted Olympic status in the 1992 Barcelona Games. From 9 founding members, IBF now have over 150 member countries. The future of Badminton looks bright indeed.

References:
http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=14887
http://www.badminton-information.com/history-of-badminton.html

For that, i have come to the end of the "Brief history of badminton". 
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