How did badminton go from being an ancient feather ball sport to be an Olympic event?

An embryonic form of modern badminton appeared in India in the mid-19th Century

A photograph taken in Madras around 1870 illustrates the source of modern badminton. In the photo, several British men are playing “badminton.” They are hitting a shuttlecock across a net, the net differentiating the new sport from the traditional game battledore and shuttlecock. This new sport first appeared in Poona in the west of India and was thus named “Poona”, badminton’s first name. The British military took the sport back to the UK and held a public demonstration at Badminton House in 1873, attracting a lot of attention. From this time badminton gradually developed and became known as “badminton.”

Badminton gradually became internationalized in the early 20th Century

In the 30 years from 1873 badminton developed into a competitive indoor sport and clubs were set up across the UK. In the early days, the sport followed the unwritten rules of its Indian era, however, in 1887, Bath Badminton Club completed......Full Article