Sport & Martial Arts
Badminton (Poona)
1860s-1870sBritish officers in IndiaPoona garrisonMaharashtra / Central India
1860
The modern net-and-shuttlecock game took shape among officers stationed in Poona.
- Dated
- 1860–1870
- As scholars put it
- 1860s-1870s
- Originator
- British officers in India
- Source text
- Poona garrison
- Region
- Maharashtra / Central India
- Discipline
- Sport & Martial Arts
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Verified-web
Meanwhile in the West
Named after Badminton House, England, where rules were formalised.
Fair to say
Shuttlecock games (battledore) existed in Europe and Asia; India's role is in the game's early modern form.
Path to modern innovation
A global Olympic sport.
Transmission
Taken to England in the 1870s.
References
- 1Wikipedia (Sport in British India)
Further reading
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