THE HISTORY OF THE GAME

 Invented in india in a version called POONA.

 British army officers learned the game about 1870.
 In 1873,the Duke of Beaufort introduced the sports at his
country estate,BADMINTON, from which the game derives its
name.
 In 1887, the bath badminton club was formed; it was replaced in
1893 by the badminton association of england, which codified
competitive play.
 Military Personnel introduce badminton to vancour in the late
1890’s.
 Badminton Canada was founded in 1921, with the first national
championships being held in montreal.
 Canada is one of nine founding members of the international
badminton federation in 1934.
 Badminton is included in the 1972 munich olympics as a
demonstration sports.
 Jamie paulson of calgary wins gold medal in men’s singles at
1970 commonwealth games in edinburgh,scotland.
 In 1992, six canadians contest badminton as a full medal sport at
barcelona olympics.