The Punjabi kurta also draws inspiration from the Mughal kurta, which was in common use in the region. A non region specific angarkha is also worn in various areas such as in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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However, men in North India especially Rajasthan and the Punjab region wore the jama of the Rajput type, the chola (robe) (which in the Punjab region remained popular in some parts as recent as the 1980s), the Mughal jama and the angarkha as upper garments, which eventually led to different versions of the kurta being developed, such as the Punjabi angarkha, Punjabi kurta, the Gujarati angarkha and the Rajasthani angarkha, also termed ‘ kurta’. The traditional male attire for men in India consisted of the dhoti and an unstitched cloth draped around the shoulders extended to cover the upper body. Kurta refers to the upper garments worn in South Asia inspired from garments worn by Central Asian Turks who spread their use beyond their region, reaching the Indian sub-continent. The term kurta is a generic term to cover different types of upper garments worn by men.
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It is also worn in Uttar Pradesh and since the 1960s has been replacing the traditional saluka (short shirt) worn in Madhya Pradesh. The Punjabi kurta was introduced to Assam by King Garib Niwaj of Manipur during his reign sometime between 1709 A.D. the kurta is known as 'Panjabi' as the kurta is associated with the Punjab and considered an article of Punjabi dress. It is for this reason that, in Bengal and Bangladesh. The Punjabi form of kurta is popular throughout the sub-continent. By the 1960s the Punjabi kurta had almost replaced the angarkha but it was still popular in present-day Haryana. This form of kurta gradually began to replace the older angarkha worn in the Punjab region which fell to the knees, opened to either the left or the right, and was sometimes known as the anga, the older form of the angarkha and is similar to a gown or a loose coat and wadded with cotton. In the past, it was traditional for men to wear a gold or silver chain (zanjiri) woven around the buttons. The Punjabi kurta is made of two rectangular pieces with side slits, and a front opening below the neck. Women in some parts of Punjab wear the tehmat and the laacha, especially the districts of Gujarat, Gujranwala, Shahpur and Muzzafargarh.
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The laacha is worn in a like manner to the tehmat except it has more folds. LaachaĪ laacha differs from the tehmat in that it has a border and is variegated so that it has more than one colour. It can also be short to just below the knees. The tehmat or laacha can be long reaching to the heels. A tehmat is of one colour and has no border. The tamba or the lungi can also be seen on Punjabi men in West Punjab and the Punjabi men of adjoining Hazara, Pakistan (in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Although the use of the Punjabi tehmat in East Punjab has declined in recent years, being replaced by the pyjama, men can be seen wearing the tehmat and its use has not completely stopped. The tamba, which is also called tehmat is the Punjabi version of the lungi which has folds at the front and is the traditional dress for Punjabi men.
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