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[[File:Gurkha IOC 1a.jpg|thumb|A [[Gurkha]] policeman wearing the Terai hat]]
The '''Terai hat''' is a type of [[slouch hat]] associated with the [[Gurkha]]s and named after the [[Geography of Nepal#Terai Region|Terai region]] in [[Nepal]].<ref name="Cohn1996">{{cite book|author=Bernard S. Cohn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIalYaenrTkC&pg=PA159|title=Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=1996|isbn=0-691-00043-3|pages=159–}}</ref> It is created by fusing two hats into one to make the hat more rigid and is worn at an angle, tilted to the right.<ref>Chappell, Mike (1993). ''The Gurkhas''. Osprey Publishing. pp 54–55. {{ISBN|1-85532-357-5}}</ref>

The double Terai is a version with a double thickness crown and brim, designed to give extra sun protection.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21bmlRll1EEC&q=Double+Terai&pg=PA83 |title = Safari: The Last Adventure|isbn = 9781466803985|last1 = Capstick|first1 = Peter Hathaway|date = 1984-09-15}}</ref> This hat was almost de rigueur in East and Central Africa from the 1930s to 1950s.<ref name="Nicholls2005">{{cite book|author=Christine Stephanie Nicholls|title=Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XQdt37BJ6cC&pg=PA193|year=2005|publisher=Timewell Press|isbn=978-1-85725-206-4|pages=193–}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCvtalLX408C&q=Double+Terai&pg=PT421 | title=Red Nile: The Biography of the World's Greatest River| isbn=9780297866503| last1=Twigger| first1=Robert| date=2013-05-23}}</ref>

In [[India]], in the hills or during the cool season, the [[Gandhi cap|topi]] might be replaced with the felt Terai hat.<ref name="Cohn1996" />

== See also ==
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* [[Kukri]]

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[[Category:Hats]]
[[Category:Gurkhas]]
[[Category:Nepalese clothing]]

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