Badminton is mostly played in all the countries
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∙ 2013-10-16 08:45:16Badminton is named for the country estate of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England in 1873.
The badminton was first played in 17th century in Gloucestershire in England at a place called 'BADMINTON'. The first badminton club was also established in BATH (England) in the year 1873.
Badminton is played indoors on a badminton court. So as to prevent the interference of the wind.
badminton is not a national game
Badminton began in France.
badminton is a international game inthe world but, badminton game most played in Malaysia and china.
Because when it was first played it in England it was played at badminton house. It was originally to be called battledore and shuttlecock
Greece in ancient times invented badminton.
It is called a "badminton court".
Of course there was a time where badminton didn't exist, and no one played it.
An early form of Badminton was first played in ancient Greece.
"in the 19th century, a game similar to tennis was played in India. It was called poona. Poona was brought to England by English soldiers stationed in India.Then in 1873, the English Duke of Beaufort held a party at Badminton, his country estate, where a slightly different form of this game was played for the first time. Since the first matches of the new game were played at Badminton, the new game became known as "the game at Badminton," and later as "badminton."SOURCE: http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/how-did-badminton-get-its-name