HISTORY OF BADMINTON residence was called Badminton

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- Badminton is ancient and popular
gets its name from.
game that is played across the
- In 1877, the Bath Badminton Club
world.
was established. This club
- This game has different names and
introduced the first set of rules of
was popular in ancient times.
badminton game.
- In ancient years, a sport was played
- In 1893, the first badminton
by people of Greece and Egypt
association was formed in England.
which was similar to badminton that
This association worked as a world
we play today.
federation until 1934.
- This game was known as battledore
- In 1934, the International
(bat or paddle) and shuttlecock. In
Badminton Federation (IBF) or
that game, 2 players hit the feather-
Badminton World Federation
made shuttlecock using small
(BWF) was formed.
rackets.
- 9 founder members of the
- It is believed that badminton sport
federation belong to England,
was originated in ancient
Ireland, Wales, Holland, Denmark,
civilizations in Europe and Asia
Canada, New Zealand, Scotland,
more than 2000 years ago.
and France.
- In 1600s, people used to pass their
- In 1936, India joined the federation
time by playing battledore and
as an affiliate.
shuttlecock in England and other
- In 1948, the first IBF tournament,
European countries.
i.e., Thomas Cup, was held. It was
- It was in mid-19th century, a
also known as the World Men’s
modern badminton was introduced in
Team Championships. After that,
British India by the British military
many world events were held,
officers. This was the time when net
including Uber (Women’s Team),
was introduced to the old battledore
Sudirman Cup (Mixed Team),
game. This game was very famous
World Championships (Individual
in the Indian town of Poona and a
Events), World Junior
new name was given to the game
Championships as well as the
Poona.
World Grand Prix Finals.
- In the year 1867, the rules for
- In 1966, the badminton game was
Poona were written.
initiated to the Commonwealth
- Later, people preferred to use
Games in Kingston, Jamaica. After,
woolen balls in windy or rainy
the game becomes the part of
weather and again switched back to
Commonwealth Games.
shuttlecocks.
- All the rules and regulations of
- In 1873, this sport of Poona was
badminton are included in this
then eventually brought back home
famous sports event.
by the British officers and was
- In 1972, badminton was
played at the Duke of Beaufort’s
demonstrated at the Munich
Gloucestershire residence. This
 Olympics. After that, it became a International Paralympics
new Olympic sport played in Committee, IPC).
Barcelona in 1992. At that time, - On the 7th October 2014, Para-
singles and doubles events were badminton has been selected for the
introduced in the Olympic games. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sport
Badminton was a famous sport with for the first time.
mixed doubles events in the - Recently, a variation of badminton is
Olympics. introduced in Germany, which is
- After introducing badminton in 1992 known as Speed Badminton or
at the Olympics, 5 countries won Speedminton. This game is played
gold medals, including China, without placing any net in the middle.
Korea, Indonesia, Denmark, and Nowadays, it is becoming popular
England. across the world.
- In the 1990’s, Para-badminton - AirBadminton is a new
started to become competed development project designed
internationally with the first World (2019) to create opportunities for
Championships in Amersfoort, people of all ages and ability to play
Netherlands in 1998. badminton anywhere.
- On October 1, 2005, the IBF was
relocated to Kuala Lumpur and on
September 24, 2006, after the
extraordinary general meeting in
Madrid. IBF decided to change their
name to Badminton World
Federation (BWF).
- In the year 2009, BWF celebrated
their 75th anniversary with wrote a
book titled “International Badminton
– The First 75 years”, written by
many people including Eddy Chong,
Noriko Takagi, Li Lingwei, Nora
Perry, Lu Shengrong, Richard Eaton,
Judy Hashman, Richard Purser, and
many more.
- BWF became recognized as an
International Organization by the
International Paralympics Committee
(IPC).
- In the year 2013, the regulations for
Para-badminton have been agreed
upon (did not state which parties,
assuming it’s BWF with the