Beginning of badminton can be traced to an area of India that time was controlled by the British army in mid 1800. At that game, found a photograph of British troops stationed there was added a net on a traditional English game called battledore and shuttlecock. The sport is similar to badminton ball coming from Tamil Nadu, a region in South India, and with the game Hanetsuki of Japan. The ancestors of this sport is allegedly a traditional Chinese game called Jianzi, just Jianzi not use the racket. Jianzi game replaces the racket with his legs to keep the shuttlecock did not fall to the ground as long as possible without the help of hands.
Because at that time the game is very well known in the area of Poona (now called Pune, one of the areas in India), the game was also briefly known as Poona. Beginning initially created a ball of wool is preferred by the upper class when the air windy or wet conditions, but in the end shuttlecock was used as throw objects. This game was brought back to England by soldiers who retired and started developed and created rules and begin the history of badminton sports.
It is unknown when and why Badminton name used. That is known is the name taken from a building belonging to the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire named Badminton House. Naming process can be traced in the early 1890 where Isaac Spartt, a toy seller in London released a booklet entitled "Badminton Battledore a brand new game," but unfortunately no remaining traces of the mold. In 1863, an article in the magazine wrote badminton Corhill Magazine as "Battledore and Shuttlecock played using the yarn about 5 feet from the ground." The use of the word badminton on earlier article cast doubt on the record as saying that badminton originated in India, although it is known to this game was well known there in 1870 and that the rules were made in 1873 although there Poonah stating that the new rules were made in 1877 in the Indian territory Karachi.
In 1875, veterans returning from India set up an association in Folkestone, England. Until 1887, the game is played with the same rules imposed by India at the same time. Then The Bath Badminton club created the standardization of rules and make the game more acceptable by the idea of the British people until it became a new chapter in the history of badminton. JHE Hart revise the regulation in 1887, and again, in 1890 together with Bagnel Wild. Finally in 1893, the Badminton Association of England published the rules similar to the rules of the game of badminton today and released the official name of badminton in a house called Dunbar, England on September 13 of that year. They also made the All England Open Badminton Championships, the first badminton competition in the world in 1889.
In 1934, the International Badminton Federation (IBF), which is now known as the World Badminton Federation was set up with Denmark,Scotland, UK, Netherlands, France, Ireland, Canada, Wales, and New Zealand as its first member. In 1936 India finally join as an affiliate. In 1948, the IBF also organizes major tournament named Thomas Cup, a tournament the world, followed by male participants. Since it also began to to appear another world championship for women like Uber Cup, World Championship, Sudirman Cup, World Junior Championship, and the World Grand Prix Finals.
In 1966, badminton was introduced as one of the programs in the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and always be a part in every year after that. 1992 be a great year in the history of badminton because in that year inaugurated badminton as an Olympic sport in Barcelona after previously demonstrated in 1972 in Munich. In the same year, also in Atlanta held a competition and the first time there are branches of the mixed doubles.
Although started in Britain, Denmark has always dominated the badminton men's championships in Europe. While that dominated the world championships are always countries in Asia. China, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Denmark are always consistent in print world-class players over the last decade with China which has always been the strongest force in this competition.
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