No single person invented badminton — and that's the honest answer most pages dodge. The game evolved from ancient battledore and shuttlecock, was turned into a net sport by British officers in Poona, India, in the 1860s, and was named after Badminton House in England around 1873. This guide untangles who actually did what, why the Duke of Beaufort gets the credit he doesn't quite deserve, and which 'inventor' claims to treat with caution.
