Word: achkan
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...snow-white Gandhi caps of Congressmen, and the flaming turbans and fezzes of princes in the marble rotunda. On the great throne where viceroys once sat, perched birdlike Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, retiring Governor General of the Dominion. Beside him on a smaller throne was the President-elect, in black achkan (coat) and tight white churidar (trousers). Prasad's timid wife Rajbanshi sat near by, looking bewildered and frightened...
...read or write. As newsmen worked over Nehru in a klieg-lit, stifling hot little room, Eisenhower nervously chewed his mortarboard, muttered: "This is a terrible way to treat a friend." By the time the press was through with Columbia's newest doctor-who wore a black wool achkan under his academic gown-Nehru was as wilted as the red rose in his buttonhole...
...Farewell. Nehru's leave-taking from Bombay was such a scene as only an Eastern country in transition could stage. A harsh afternoon sun beat down on the airfield as the Prime Minister arrived, perspiring in his brown achkan (neck-high jacket) and white salwars (jodhpur-like pants). A small array of dignitaries, students and plain curious citizens waited near the runway...
...ready for the Pooh-Bah of Pakistan, in whose austere person are combined the offices of Governor General, President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the Moslem League. With proper crustiness, Mohamed Ali Jinnah strode up the steps with his sister Fatima. He was wearing a white achkan (long coat), grey fur "Jinnah cap" and a monocle. The small crowd (5,000) shouted "Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad" (Long Live the Great Leader...
...many a plush hotel where the British dinner jacket once gave the evening scene the aspect of a penguins' conclave, the dhoti (loin cloth), sherwani (tunic), jibba (smock) and achkan (long coat) now held pride of place. Rohini Kumar Chowdhry, Assam's long-haired, wild-eyed member of the Constituent Assembly, demanded a special clause in the new Constitution's bill of rights to forbid any hotel displaying "Evening Clothes Only...