Badminton takes its name from the county residence Badminton of - TopicsExpress



          

Badminton takes its name from the county residence Badminton of the Duke of Beaufort situated in the Southern part of the country of Gloucestershire, England. The game came about through the combination of two games, Poona and Battledore. English army officers, serving in India in [the] 1860s were very much taken by a game which was similar, and yet far superior to battledore and shuttlecock, known as Poona. They enjoyed it so much that they took it home, together with some of the Indian equipment, chiefly shuttlecocks. Some of the officers on leave were friends of the Duke of Beaufort, who invited them to play the game at Badminton. The army officers then took the sport to India where they played it first in Karachi.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 23:12:30 +0000

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