1 Anna Bangalore; PoW Camps

Bangalore's Group I PoW camp canteen currency was issued to restrict prisoner purchasing power to approved goods within the camp economy — a system the British Indian administration applied across multiple internment facilities during the war. The "Anna" denomination deliberately mirrored the subunit of the Indian rupee, giving the scrip a familiar monetary logic while ensuring it had no exchange value outside the wire.

Group I at Bangalore held primarily Axis prisoners, and the precise print run, issuing authority chain, and whether notes were produced locally or centrally through a military stationery depot remains incompletely documented.