Named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Nehru jacket is a hip-length Indian jacket with a central button placket. Evolved from another form of outerwear, the achkan ...

That jacket was his gateway drug ... The Nehru, invented in the 1940s and named for India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, historically came in lighter materials like linen and cotton.