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The Badminton Association of India (BAI) was formed in:

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Answer: Option C — 1934

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The Badminton Association of India (BAI) was formed in 1934 as the national governing body for badminton in India. It is affiliated with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Asia. The same year, 1934, the International Badminton Federation (now BWF) was also founded.

Role of the BAI:

  • It organises the National Badminton Championships and national ranking tournaments.
  • It selects Indian teams for international events, such as the Olympics, the World Championships, the Thomas and Uber Cups, the Sudirman Cup, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.
  • It organises international tournaments in India, such as the India Open (New Delhi) and the Syed Modi International (Lucknow).

India's major badminton achievements:

  • Prakash Padukone: All England champion (1980), India's first World Championship medal (bronze, 1983).
  • Pullela Gopichand: All England champion (2001).
  • Saina Nehwal: Olympic bronze (2012), India's first Olympic badminton medal; first Indian woman to become world number one (2015).
  • V. Sindhu: Olympic silver (2016) and bronze (2020); World Champion (2019).
  • Kidambi Srikanth: world number one (2018) and World Championship silver (2021).
  • Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty: world number one men's doubles pair (2023), Asian Games gold (2023) and Commonwealth Games gold (2022).
  • The Indian men's team won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 2022.
  • Lakshya Sen: World Championship bronze (2021) and fourth place at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

History of badminton:

  • The game was played in India as "Poona" in the 1860s-70s by British officers, and took its name from Badminton House in England (1873).
  • Badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗1928 is the year the BCCI was formed.
  • ✗1947 is the year India became independent.
  • ✗1950 is the year the Basketball Federation of India was formed.

Quick tip

Remember: Badminton Association of India = 1934 (same year as the International Badminton Federation, now BWF); Thomas Cup win = 2022; Sindhu = World Champion 2019.

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