How did badminton start?

Answer 1

Badminton was first created in India and was called poona. It came to England when an English noble came back from travvelling in India and after watching the Indian children having great joy in playing poona started playing it back at home in England. his wife and him both disliked the name poona and so called it shuttlecock, this name was later dropped by King Henry VIII when he named it Badminton after a visit to a friends house which was Badminton House.

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Answer 2

It began in the middle of the 1700s. It was launched as a 'propper' sport in 1873 when it was played at Badminton House, which is where the game gets its name from.

Answer 3

When it was first invented! It came from an old children's game called battledore and it's an Olympic sport, so yeah: When it was invented in the mid 18th century

Answer 4

mid 1700s

Answer 5

The answer below is wrong. Historians have found a shuttle cock in the court of Henry the 8th. He played badminton at Hampton Court.