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Kangjei Tiger Co.
Folded Kangjei Tiger Co. polo with a polo mallet and helmet, above the misty hills of Manipur

India's first own polo shirt

The game began here.

Now the shirt does too.

The Classic Polo, in 100% cotton, with the Royal Bengal tiger embroidered on the chest. In navy and black.

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The Classic Polo

One polo, two colours, cut from 100% cotton.

Kangjei Tiger Co. navy cotton polo t-shirt, India's first own polo shirt, with the Royal Bengal tiger embroidered on the chest
Colour: Navy
Pre-order · ₹2,299

Say it right

How to say our name.

Kangjei

KANG-jay

“Kang” rhymes with sang, “jei” sounds like jay. It comes from Sagol Kangjei, Manipur's name for polo, meaning horse-hockey.

KTC

K · T · C

Said letter by letter. Short for Kangjei Tiger Co.

Polo was never foreign.

Before it was polo, it was Sagol Kangjei, literally "horse-hockey", played on horseback in Manipur for centuries. This is the story in four chapters.

  1. Archival photograph of Sagol Kangjei riders galloping across a dusty ground beneath the Manipur hills

    Chapter I · Centuries ago

    Sagol Kangjei

    Horse-hockey, played on horseback in the hills of Manipur long before the world knew its name.

  2. MANIPURENGLAND

    Chapter II · 1800s

    Discovered

    British officers stationed in India learn the game and carry it home.

  3. Played in Manipur as

    Sagol Kangjei

    Sold back to India as

    Polo

    Chapter III · Late 1800s

    Exported and rebranded

    Polo becomes a Western symbol of class, and is sold back to India as something foreign.

  4. A man in the navy Kangjei Tiger Co. polo, the Kangjei Tiger Co. script wordmark stitched across the frame, with the line Wear a Cause

    Chapter IV · 2026

    Kangjei Tiger Co.

    India's first own polo shirt. The game began here. Now the shirt does too.