100 Rupees Burma Currency Board

The Burma Currency Board was established by the British colonial administration to manage Burmese currency separately from India following the Government of Burma Act of 1935, which formally separated the two territories. This note was issued in 1947, the final year of British rule — Burma gained independence on 4 January 1948, after which the Currency Board was wound up and replaced by the Union Bank of Burma.

Printing at the Reserve Bank of India Press in Calcutta reflects the logistical reality of late colonial administration: Burma had no domestic printing facility capable of producing secured banknotes, so production remained tied to Indian infrastructure right up to the moment of separation.