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The District Grand Lodge of Bengal is a Masonic Lodge in India under the United Grand Lodge of England, based out of Freemasons Hall, Park Street, Kolkata (19 Mother Teressa Sarani [1]).

The District Grand Lodge of Bengal has exercised authority over freemasonry under the UGLE in India since 1729, when Captain Ralph Farrwinter,[2] an officer of the East India Company, was appointed Provincial Grand Master for East India in Bengal, and warranted the first Indian lodge East India Arms, No. 72, based in Fort William, Calcutta (Firminger 6).[3][4]

Seal of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal

Members of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal were some of the biggest figures of the British Raj.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF BENGAL".
  2. ^ Harland-Jacobs, Jessica L. (September 2012). Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717-1927 - p38. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469606651.
  3. ^ Deschamps, Simon (2017). "From Britain to India: Freemasonry as a Connective Force of Empire". E-Rea. 14 (2). doi:10.4000/erea.5853.
  4. ^ "A glimpse into Masonic secrets on stage". Archived from the original on April 10, 2018.

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