Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bandhgala, or ‘prince suit,’ is being retired as the official staff uniform on India’s trains - Danita Delimont/Alamy Stock ...

In a move to shed yet another colonial relic, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced discontinuing the railway uniforms intr.

Is the bandhgala a colonial legacy? This may sound like an eccentric question but for the railways it’s one of great moment. Their minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has decided the answer is yes. The ...

In a step to eliminate lingering colonial legacies, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday last week announced the discontinuation of black prince coats (bandhgala coats) for railway officials, ...

Railway workers across India will no longer wear their traditional uniforms in a push to erase traces of Britain's colonial rule. Under Indian PM Narendra Modi's move, the traditional Bandhgala jacket ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s strangely unsettling to peer into the razor-sharp, beautifully toned photographs of 19th-century English colonial gentry, servants, and native royals in India, now on view at ...

The fitted, tailored torso, shaped shoulders, and closed neckline of the jacket first emerged in the courts of Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th century.