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<div>{{short description|Item of clothing popularised by former Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru}}<br />
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{{about|a long-sleeved article of clothing|Nehru vest|Bandi (jacket)|the album by [[Himanshu Suri]]|Nehru Jackets}}<br />
[[File:Yohji Yamamoto wool suit c 1990.jpg|thumb|upright|Japanese pinstripe Nehru suit, 1990s.]]<br />
The '''Nehru jacket''' is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a [[mandarin collar]], and with its front modelled on the [[India]]n [[achkan]] or [[sherwani]], a garment worn by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the [[Prime Minister]] of [[India]] from 1947 to 1964.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru on horseback in Achkan and chooridar.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in an ''achkan'' or [[sherwani]], a garment which served as a model for the Nehru jacket.]]<br />
The Nehru jacket is a variation of the [[Jodhpuri]] where the material is often [[khadi]] (hand-woven cloth). The [[Jodhpuri]] itself is an evolution from the [[Angarkha]]. Popularized during the terms of Jawaharlal Nehru, these distinct Bandhgalas made from khadi remain popular to this day.<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/nehru-jacket-or-modi-vest-which-one-are-you-wearing-today/300859</ref><br />
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== Style ==<br />
[[File:Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh meeting former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.jpg|thumb|Indian prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]] (left) wearing a Nehru jacket as the top half of a suit, meeting Brazilian president [[Dilma Rousseff]] in [[Sanya]], China, April, 2011]]<br />
Unlike the achkan, which falls somewhere below the knees of the wearer, the Nehru jacket is shorter. Jawaharlal Nehru, notably, never wore a Nehru jacket.{{efn|"Nehru Jacket, which we know today had undergone alterations from its basic Achkin or Sherwani model over the years even during the lifetime of Nehru. The main difference between the popular Nehru Jacket and the original Achkan is the length. Achkans go below the knees whereas Nehru Jacket hardly reaches hips. It was only after 1940s the term 'Nehru Jacket' was started using widely. Till then it was known as 'band gale Ica coat', which means 'closed neck coat.' The strangest part of the story is that Nehru had never worn the popular, modified ones named after him, but always preferred the traditional models more akin to Ackhan or Sherwani."<ref name=tehelka-achkan />}}<ref name=tehelka-achkan>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2016/01/nehrus-style-statement/|publisher=Tehelka|title=Nehru's style statement: Achkan the knee-length coat made iconic by Nehru is still being worn with pride|date=16 January 2016|last=Aramam|first=Ajmal|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701091856/http://www.tehelka.com/2016/01/nehrus-style-statement/|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Popularity ==<br />
The jacket began to be marketed as the ''Nehru jacket'' in Europe and America in the mid 1960s. It was briefly popular there in the late 1960s and early 1970s, its popularity spurred by the aspirational class' growing awareness of elite foreign cultures, by the [[minimalism]] of the [[Mod (subculture)|Mod lifestyle]] and, in particular, by [[the Beatles]] and subsequently [[the Monkees]].<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3425500603.html</ref><ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/615529/John-Lennon-Beatles-suit-auction John Lennon's suit found]</ref><br />
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Nehru jackets were worn by many enemies of the title hero of the [[James Bond]] franchise.<br />
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On ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[The Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]], an arch-enemy of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] wore black nehru jackets during his first and sixth incarnations. <br />
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On [[Island of Dr. Moreau|the 1996 film of the Island of Dr. Moreau]], M'Ling wears an ivory nehru jacket.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Sari]]<br />
* [[Mao suit]]<br />
* [[Mujib Coat]]<br />
* [[Japanese school uniform#Gakuran|Gakuran]]<br />
* [[Raj pattern]]<br />
* [[Abacost]]<br />
* [[Kariba suit]]<br />
* [[Leisure suit]]<br />
* [[Madiba shirt]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Notes ===<br />
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[[Category:Indian clothing]]<br />
[[Category:History of fashion]]<br />
[[Category:1960s fashion]]<br />
[[Category:1960s fads and trends]]<br />
[[Category:2000s fashion]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
[[Category:Jackets]]<br />
[[Category:Lounge jackets]]<br />
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