Angarkha
Traditional upper garment in India subcontinent
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Angarkha is an outer robe with long sleeves which was worn by men in South Asia.[1] By the 19th-century it had become the generally accepted attire of an educated man in public.[2][3] 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.[4][5][6]
Etymology
Gallery
Display of various styles of achkan and Angarkha worn by men, Delhi textile museum.
Red, patterned Angarkha
White Angarkha
A Mughal nobleman wearing a blue angarkha.
