modern badminton began as "poona" in india. the british army officers stationed in india adopted the sport in n the 1860s. badminton only became a success when the game/sport was played at a party given by the duke of beaufort at his estate called "badminton" in cloucestershire
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It was once called "battledore and shuttlecock". And the shuttlecock can reach speeds of 162 miles per hour, as per the Guinness book of world records.
