Which game was called POONA by the british army officers in 1860 in india?
It was Badminton. Badminton was known in ancient times; an early form of sport played in ancient Greece and Egypt. Badminton came from a game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two or more players keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air with small rackets. The game was called “Poona” in India during the 18th Century, and British Army Officers stationed there and they took a competitive Indian version back to England in the 1860’s where it was played at country houses as an upper class amusement. Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer published a booklet, “Badminton Battledore – a new game” in 1860, but unfortunately no copy has survived. The new sport was definitively launched in 1873 at the Badminton House, Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort. During that time, the game was referred to as “The Game of Badminton,” and, the game’s official name became Badminton. Until 1887 the sport was played in England under the rules that prevailed in India. The Bath Badminton Club stan
