District Grand Lodge of Bengal


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.
The District Grand Lodge of Bengal has exercised authority over freemasonry under the UGLE in India since 1729, when Captain Ralph Farrwinter, 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.
Members of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal were some of the biggest figures of the British Raj.

Emir of Afghanistan

It was the scene of the induction of Emir Habibullah Khan IV of Afghanistan by Lord Kitchener and Sir William Burkitt on 1 Feb 1907. An account of this highly unusual event was written at the time by Sir Henry McMahon.

Lodges

Lodge No.Lodge NameLocation
67Star in the EastCalcutta
438Lodge of HarmonyKanpur
486The St. John's LodgeCalcutta
1490PioneerAsansol
1865True FreemasonryCalcutta
2037PrincepCalcutta
2871FederationCalcutta
3054CalcuttaCalcutta
3351United DooarsCalcutta
3618TemplarCalcutta
3865TiscoJamshedpur
4229St. AndrewKulti
4594MymensinghCalcutta
4814DariusCalcutta
5817Bengal MastersCalcutta
6746MartiniereCalcutta
6931Light in AndamansPort Blair
8194Kathmandu of NepalKathmandu, Nepal