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1 Anna
| Issuer | Kalat State |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on cream paper, the note is enclosed within a rectangular border with crescent-and-star devices at each corner, reflecting the Islamic character of the Kalat State. A central scalloped cartouche contains the numeral "1" flanked by the syllables "AN" and "NA", with "INDIA" above and multilingual inscriptions in Urdu and Devanagari script along the inner rim, including the date 1941. The state name appears vertically in the left margin in English, the denomination vertically in the right margin, and Urdu legends run horizontally along the upper and lower borders. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, with no vignette, text, underprint, or decorative element of any kind on the unadorned cream paper stock. |
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Kalat was a princely state in Balochistan under British suzerainty, ruled by Khan Ahmad Yar Khan during this period. The state issued its own currency notes despite having no formal central bank — a prerogative extended to certain princely states under indirect British rule. These notes circulated within Kalat's territory alongside British Indian currency rather than replacing it.
The Anna denomination places this firmly in the sub-rupee fractional tier, which most princely state issuers avoided entirely. That Kalat printed fractional paper suggests genuine local demand rather than ceremonial issue.