Back in 2000 years ago, there is an ancient game called battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock

We can assume that Ancient Greece’ battledore is the BLUEPRINT. SLAAAAAAAAAAAY! WE STAN
CREATIVE QUEENs and KINGs for creating an amazing game.

After that, countries like Greece, Egypt, China, India, and Japan created their own version of the game
but nonetheless they all have the same concept which is battledore

But, hold up…. There's some TEA about this game.

India is officially credited with the creation of badminton in the mid to late 19th century. Which is really
confusing since historians can't really tell who or single person invented it

Battledore and shuttlecock, which involved two players hitting a shuttlecock at each other as many times
as they could before it touched the ground, first became popular among Europe's upper classes,
particularly England, in the 1600s.

Let’s proceed to the Development of Badminton

Around the 1850s in British India, a net was added to the game, which was then called Poona because it
was highly well-liked in the garrison town of Poona. Modern badminton was invented by British military
officials at that time.

The higher class liked using a woolen ball instead of a shuttlecock during that time when the weather was
windy and wet, and so "Ball badminton" was created.

The game was introduced back to England from India by retired British army men around the 1870s, and
it quickly gained popularity. The game was first played at "Badminton House" in Gloucestershire in 1873
by the Duke of Beaufort, who later gave it the name "Badminton."

A badminton club was founded in Folkestone, England, in 1875 by British Indian officers who had retired
from active duty.

In 1887, J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules.

On 13 September 1893, the Badminton Association of England published the first set of rules similar to
the modern rules that were published in a house called “Dunbar” at Six Waverley Grove, Portsmouth,
England. By 1899, they started the first badminton competition in the world, “All England Open Badminton
Championships”.

By 1934, the International Badminton Federation (IBF, now known as the Badminton World Federation)
was formed with England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, New Zealand, and the
Netherlands as the founding members.
By 1948, the International Badminton Federation launched the first tournament: Thomas Cup (World
Men’s Team Championships). Since then, more world-class events have been launched