The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a mandarin collar, and with its front modelled on the longer Indian achkan or sherwani frequently worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India from 1947 to 1964. == History == The Nehru jacket is a variation of the Jodhpuri where the material is often khadi (hand-woven cloth).
The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a mandarin collar, and with its front modelled on the longer Indian achkan or sherwani frequently worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India from 1947 to 1964. == History == The Nehru jacket is a variation of the Jodhpuri where the material is often khadi (hand-woven cloth).
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