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History of Badminton Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup's version of a very old children's game known in England as "battledore and shuttlecock", the battledore being a paddle and the shuttlecock a small feathered cork, now usually balled a "bird." A net was added and the game had become a competitive sport called "Poona" by the 1860s. While British Army officers were playing it in India some of them brought equipment back to England and introduced the new sport there during the early 1870s. It was played at a lawn party held by Duke of Beaufort at his country place, Badminton, in 1873, and it became known as "the Badminton game" among various guests who introduced it to other friends. Until 1887 the sport was played in England under the rules that prevailed in India. They were from the English viewpoint, somewhat opposing and confusing. Since a small army of badminton players...

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