There's a lot of opinion regarding the history and origin of badminton. Some says it is from China and some says its origin is from Japan,India,Greece,Egypt and India. Anyhow, one thing for sure which is that badminton origin dates back to the ancient times.We will discuss both of the origin of badminton which is from China, Greece and Egypt. In a distant year which is around 500 years before the birth of Christ. There was game called ‘Ti Jian Zi,’ that was played in ancient China. The game includes kicking to a something similar to the modern day shuttlecock, but this particular game does not use rackets. After a few hundreds years later, a child's game called Battledore and Shuttlecock was popularized in China, Japan and Greece. The battledore was a simple bat aimed at hitting the shuttlecock back and forth as many times as possible until the shuttlecock hits the ground.
By 17th century, the badminton games gained its popularity among the upper class people of Europe. Here, it was known by its French name ‘jeu de volant’. In 18thor 19th century a game called ‘Poona’ rise in India which is similar to "Hanetsuki" game from Japan. It is then was picked up by the British Army officers stationed in India,learnt the basic rules and brought it back to England. Hence, the game was introduced to friends of the British Army Officer and later on being introduced to the noble and royal society by the Duke of Beauford at his country place estate "Badminton" in Gloucestershire, England.
It is said that the game has no particular name, but always being referred to as "The Game of Badminton"; taken from the Duke of Beauford country place "Badminton". Therefore, the Badminton has become the game's official name.
It is said that the game has no particular name, but always being referred to as "The Game of Badminton"; taken from the Duke of Beauford country place "Badminton". Therefore, the Badminton has become the game's official name.
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It is believed that a string or partition was placed between the two players, whereby both of them tried to hit the shuttle away from each other. Within a short span of time, the Bath Badminton Club was formed, which laid down the rules that are followed even today.Over the next few years, a number of badminton clubs sprung up in the country. In 1893, the prominent 14 clubs met in South Sea in Hampshire. Soon, after this meeting, the first national badminton association was founded and the first set of rules was also given shape.
During the course of time, the sport evolved and acquired a competitive nature. The first tournament occurred at the end of the century, while the first international ‘All England’ tournament took place in 1899. This led to the emergence of badminton stars, the first one being Kitty Godfree, who won badminton championship, three times in the 1920s. With the increasing popularity of the game around the world, the International Badminton Federation was established in 1934. Basically the originally members of the federation is England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France but later on India joined the federation .
After its inception, the first major IBF tournament was the men's team championship, the Thomas Cup, in 1949. The first ladies team championship was held in 1956, when the US won the Uber Cup. As more and more tournaments started being organized, badminton became a demonstration sport at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The first World Badminton Championships, including singles events were held in 1977. During the next decade, the sport was passionately pursued by Asians, primarily by Chinese women.
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