1874 Antique Engraving - Rare Image of Mixed Badminton - New Game in India

Description

A rare antique engraving published in The Graphic magazine of April 25, 1874 entitled as follows:
"The New Game of Badminton in India"
The description copied below of Badminton in India features the same illustration and claims that the sport is now only second to cricket in popularity
Good condition. Unrelated text to the reverse. Dated in right margin. Page size 11 x 16 inches.
This is an original antique print and not a reproduction .  Great collectors item for the historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing.
Badminton in India
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Badminton in India
Badminton developed in British India in the mid-1800s
Country
India
Governing body
Badminton Association of India
National team(s)
India
International competitions
show
List
Badminton
is a popular sport in India. It is the second-most played sport in India after
Cricket
.
[1]
Badminton in India is managed by the
Badminton Association of India
.
Indian shuttlers
P. V. Sindhu
,
Lakshya Sen
, and the doubles pair of
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
-
Chirag Shetty
are ranked amongst the Top-10 in the current BWF world rankings.
Prakash Padukone
was the first player from India to achieve world no. 1 spot in the game, after which
Srikanth Kidambi
became the second male player to make it to the top spot in April 2018.
[2]
Saina Nehwal
is the first female player from India to achieve the World no. 1 spot, which she did in April 2015, and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the
Olympic Games
.
[3]
[4]
P. V. Sindhu
is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion, which she achieved in 2019, and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the
Olympic Games
.
[5]
[6]
The most successful doubles player from India is
Jwala Gutta
, who is the only Indian to have been ranked in the Top-10 of two categories. She peaked at no. 6 with
Valiyaveetil Diju
in mixed doubles and at no. 10 with
Ashwini Ponnappa
in women's doubles.
[7]
Other successful players include
Pullela Gopichand
,
Aparna Popat
,
Syed Modi
,
Nandu Natekar
,
Chetan Anand
,
Parupalli Kashyap
,
Prannoy Kumar
,
Sameer Verma
and
N. Sikki Reddy
.