{"id":20,"date":"2013-09-21T05:26:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T05:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpaindia.in\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2013-10-04T04:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:13:04","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bbaindia.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIn the 5th century BC, the people in china then played a game called ti jian zi. A direct translation from this word 'ti jian zi' is kicking the shuttle. As the name suggest, the objective of
\nthe game is to keep the shuttle from hitting the ground without using hand. Whether this sport
\nhas anything to do with the History of Badminton is up for debate. It was however the first
\ngame thatuses a Shuttle.About five centuries later, a game named Battledore and Shuttlecock was
\nplayed in china,Japan, India and Greece. This is a game where you use the Battledore (a paddle)
\nto hit the Shuttlecock back and forth. By the 16th century, it has become a popular game among
\nchildren in England. In Europe this game was known as jeu de volant to them.<\/p>\n

A contemporary form of badminton – a game called Poon, was played in India in the 1800s where a net was
\nintroduced and players hit the shuttlecock across the net. British officers in the mid 1800\u2019s took
\nthis game back to England and it was introduced as a game for the guests of the Duke of Beaufort
\nat his stately home \u2018Badminton\u2019 in Gloucestershire, England where it became popular.<\/p>\n

In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort held a lawn party in his country place, Badminton. A game of
\nPoona wasplayed on that day and became popular among the British society's elite. The new party
\nsport became known as "the Badminton game". In 1877, the Bath Badminton Club was
\nformed and developed the first official set of rules.<\/p>\n

In March 1898, the first Open Tournament was held at Guildford the first 'All England'Championships
\nwere held the following year. Denmark, the USA and Canada became ardent followers of the game during
\nthe 1930s and in 1934,<\/p>\n

The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was formed in 1934 with 9 founding members.<\/p>\n

England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Denmark | Holland | Canada | New Zealand | France <\/strong>
\nIndia joined as an affiliate in 1936.<\/p>\n

The first major IBF tournament was the Thomas Cup (world men's team championships) in 1948.
\nSincethen, the number of world events has increased with the addition of the Uber Cup
\n(ladies' team), World Championships, Sudirman Cup (mixed team), World Juniors and the World
\nGrand Prix Finals.<\/p>\n

Badminton was introduced as a Commonwealth Games program sport in Kingston Jamaica in 1966 and has
\nbeen part of every Commonwealth Games program since. Initially all five disciplines were
\nincluded \u2013 singles (men, women), doubles (men, women) and mixed doubles with the Teams Event included in
\nthe program in later Commonwealth Games. Australia has won 11 medals at the Commonwealth Games
\nbadminton events.Badminton is a relatively new Olympic Games sport. After being a demonstration sport
\nin Munich in 1972, badminton became an Olympic sport in Barcelona in 1992 with the singles and
\ndoubles disciplines introduced for the first time in the Olympic Games. In Atlanta in 1996,
\na mixed doubles event was included and this is the only mixed doubles event in all of the Olympic
\nsports.Only five countries have won the gold medals since its introduction in 1992 – China (8),
\nIndonesia (5) and Korea (5) and Denmark (1). Susi Susanti from Indonesia won the women\u2019s singles
\nin Barcelona, becoming Indonesia\u2019s first medallist in the 40 years Indonesia had competed at the
\nGames. In the same Olympic Games, Alan Budi Kusama won Indonesia\u2019s second gold medal in the
\nmen\u2019s badminton singles.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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