Badminton

History
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Historical Development of
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Badminton

2 Introduction 5 Summary

3 How the name badminton

came about
INTRODUCTION

• Badminton is derived directly from Poona, which was played by

British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s.

• The first unofficial all-England badminton championship for men

was held in 1899, and the first badminton tournament for women
was arranged the next year.

• Badminton was just a game played for fun, and it was known as
''battledore and shuttlecock '' in British India instead of Badminton
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• Battledore and shuttlecock were first played in England in 1873.

• Upper-class people used it.

• The Duke of Beaufort introduced the game in 1873 at his Gloucestershire

mansion, now known as "Badminton House," hence the sport's current
name.

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Badminton

• Official rules were developed after the game was introduced to the people in
England.

• The Badminton World Federation (BWF) was formed in 1934 and introduced
the Badminton Super Series events in 2007 to further promote the sport.
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Badminton

• The shuttlecock is a kind of feathered

cone with a cork head. It involves
hitting the shuttlecock back and forth
over the net without letting it touch
the court's floor.
BADMINTON COURT
1964 All England Badminton Finals-Knud Aage
Nielsen beat Henning Borch

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The 1964 All England Badminton Championships final is presented in the above
video. The rallies, lasted far less time. And the strokes were very different from the
way we hit the shuttlecock today. Since its inception, badminton has seen a variety
of many different playing styles emerge.
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When did
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badminton? badminton start?
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