History Of Badminton in India.

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The modern game of badminton is possibly a descendant of a popular
children's game called Battledores and Shuttlecocks played in medieval
England. British Army officers posted in Pune, India, gave badminton
its present form in the 19th century when they added a net and played
it competitively. As the city of Pune was formerly known as Poona, the
game was also known as Poona at that time.

Some of the officers went home and introduced the new sport in Britain
during the early 1870s. The game owes its name to the Duke of
Beaufort's country place, Badminton, where the game was played at a
lawn party hosted by the Duke.

In the 1920s, badminton acquired an organized structure in India and
all India tournaments began to be hosted in the thirties.