Badminton

The origins of the game of badminton date back at least 2,000 years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, China, and India.
A very long history for one of the Olympics newest sports! Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the ancestral home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. Gloucestershire is now the base for the International Badminton Federation.
The IBF was formed in 1934 with nine members: Canada, Denmark, France, Netherlands, England, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United States joined four years later. Membership increased steadily over the next few years with a surge in new members after the Olympic Games debut at Barcelona.
The first big IBF tournament was the Thomas Cup (men’s world team championships) in 1948. Since then, the number of world events has increased to seven, with the addition of the Uber Cup (ladies’ team), World Championships, Sudirman Cup (mixed team), World Juniors, World Grand Prix Finals, and the World Cup.
After cricket, Indians have the craze for badminton also.
The surge of Badminton in India has been phenomenal. There are wide ranges of players coming out to play for the country and representing the nations in the international level. As of now, India has created history in Badminton by winning World Championship, Olympic Medal, and others.
Decades before Saina Nehwal and P.V Sindhu became the international icon she is today, Prakash Padukone had put Indian badminton on the map. Today, badminton is considered to be the second most popular sport in the country. 
If Indian badminton players are counted amongst the best in the world today, credit, in no small measure, goes to those who came before them, playing pioneering roles and shaping the future of the game in the country.
Padukone won the national senior championship in 1971 at age 16, thereby becoming the youngest player to have achieved the feat. He won each successive national championship until 1979, setting a record of nine national titles in a row. In 1978 he won the singles badminton gold medal at the Commonwealth Games The following year he completely dominated the top European players of his era and won both the Danish Open and the Swedish Open. His greatest accomplishment came in 1980 when he became the first Indian to win the All England Championships, the world’s most prestigious annual badminton competition. The All England win catapulted Padukone to the number one world badminton ranking, making him the first Indian to achieve that status.
Padukone won the first Alba World Cup in October 1981 at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and the first Indian open prize-money tournament, the Indian Masters (now the India Open), at Pune in November. In 1982 he won the Dutch Open and the Hong kong Open, and at the 1983 world championships, Padukone won the bronze medal in men’s badminton.
Padukone was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian honors, in 1982.

Syed Modi was a seven-time National champion in badminton, having won the title eight times in a row from 1980-87 and was one of Indian badminton’s most prominent faces before his life was brought to a ghastly end when he was murdered in 1988. He was 26 years old at the time of his death. 
India's latest badminton heartthrob, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (PV. Sindhu) added another feather to India's glory recently by becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at Rio Olympics 2016
One of the best female shuttlers produced by India,  Saina started her badminton training under the guidance of S.M. Arif, who was a Dronacharya awardee.
With a career best world ranking of world no. 11, Chetan Anand was a four time National Badminton champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Aparna Popat considered as one of the best female badminton player from India, she was India's national champion for a record equalling nine times when she won all the senior national championships between 1997 and 2006.

Famous badminton academies in India
  • Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
  • Gopichand Badminton Academy
  • DK Academy, Delhi
  • Ardor Badminton Academy (ABA)
  • Surjit Singh Badminton Academy

The degree of change is increasing. Badminton’s debut as an Olympic Games sport has manifestly boosted interest internationally. The STAR TV agreement has increased the sport’s coverage dramatically. Sponsors and television companies are being attracted to a sport which gives them access to the Asian economies. And spectators are increasingly attracted to the exciting mix of angles, tactics, touch, reaction, and fitness that would exhaust a squash champion.




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