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From Indira Gandhi's sarees to Narendra Modi's carefully curated bandhgalas, from Rajiv Gandhi's sneakers and sunglasses to the Thackerays' colour-coded political imagery, what Indian politicians wear has often been more than a question of personal style. Their clothes have helped construct identities, signal ideology, project modernity, invoke tradition and increasingly generate the kind of visual moments that social media loves.