Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
That seems to be approximately right. There is not necessarily complete continuity, but many Pakistani kiltmakers today do claim family descent from those who made kilts for the British Raj (Pakistan was of course part of India in those days). Interestingly, all the Pakistani kiltmakers today appear to be located in Sialkot, which is just on the Pakistani side of the border with India in the divided province of the Punjab. Probably being all in one town has helped to preserve the skills, as it is easier for someone to set up a business where there is a skilled pool of labour.

By some accounts there are as many as 200 separate businesses in Sialkot making kilts, many of whom make bagpipes as well (you can find on here many threads denigrating their bagpipes, but it seems to come down to them sticking to rosewood chanters while the Scots have switched to endangered African hardwoods).
I would love to see a source on this that government issue kilts were made "in country" in the Raj ; as a resident of Missouri, you'll have to "show-me".

T.