Angarkha

Angarkha from 19th-century Marwar, displayed at Mehrangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Angarkha is an outer robe with long sleeves which was worn by men in Indian subcontinent. By the 19th-century it had become the generally accepted attire of an educated man in public. It had evolved from the Persian cape balaba or chapkan as a result of being given a more Indian form in the late medieval or early modern era.

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