History of Badminton

History of Badminton

Badminton Game

The historical backdrop of the improvement of current badminton is a long and complex one. The following is a brief record of the historical backdrop of the diversion.

Birthplaces of the Game

The game of badminton has its birthplaces in old civilisations in Europe and Asia. The old diversion known as battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock most likely started over 2000 years prior.

In the 1600s Battledore and Shuttlecock was a high society hobby in England and numerous European nations. Battledore and Shuttlecock was essentially two individuals hitting a shuttlecock in reverse and advances with a straightforward bat the greatest number of times as they could without permitting it to hit the ground.

Contemporary Badminton

A contemporary type of badminton - an amusement called 'Poon', was played in India in the 1800s where a net was presented and players hit the shuttlecock over the net. English officers in the mid 1800's took this amusement back to England and it was presented as a diversion for the visitors of the Duke of Beaufort at his stately home "Badminton" in Gloucestershire, England where it got to be mainstream.

In March 1898, the first Open Tournament was held at Guildford the first 'All England' Championships were held the next year. Denmark, the USA and Canada got to be vigorous devotees of the amusement amid the 1930s.

IBF Established in 1934

At that point in 1934, the International Badminton Federation was framed, with the beginning individuals including England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France, with India joining as a subsidiary in 1936.

The primary major IBF competition was the Thomas Cup (world men's group titles) in 1948. From that point forward, the quantity of world occasions has expanded with the expansion of the Uber Cup (ladies' group), World Championships (singular occasions), Sudirman Cup (blended group), World Junior Championships and the World Grand Prix Finals.

Federation Games Sport - 1966

Badminton was presented as a Commonwealth Games program sport in Kingston Jamaica in 1966 and has been a piece of each Commonwealth Games program from that point forward. At first every one of the five orders were incorporated – singles (men, ladies), copies (men, ladies) and blended duplicates with the Teams Event incorporated into the system in later Commonwealth Games.

Olympic Games Sport - 1992

Badminton is a moderately new Olympic Games sport. In the wake of being a show sport in Munich in 1972, badminton turned into an Olympic sport in Barcelona in 1992 with the singles and duplicates disciplines presented without precedent for the Olympic Games. In Atlanta in 1996, a blended duplicates occasion was incorporated and this is the main blended pairs occasion in the majority of the Olympic sports.

The accompanying nations have won decorations in badminton at an Olympic Games since its presentation in 1992 - China, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Russia.

Susi Susanti from Indonesia won the ladies' singles in Barcelona, turning into Indonesia's first medallist in the 40 years Indonesia had contended at the Games. In the same Olympic Games, Alan Budi Kusama won Indonesia's second gold award in the men's badminton single