The game originally developed in India among the British expatriates, where it was very popular by the 1870s. Ball badminton, a form of the game played with a wool ball instead of a shuttlecock, was being played in Thanjavur as early as the 1850s and was at first played interchangeably with badminton by the British, the woollen ball being preferred in windy or wet weather.
The game originally developed in India among the British expatriates, where it was very popular by the 1870s. Ball badminton a form of the game played with a wool ball instead of a shuttlecock was being ,played in Thanjavur as early as the 1850s and was at first played interchangeably with badminton by the ,Britis,h the woollen ball being preferred in windy or wet weather.