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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]

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.[5][6][7][8][9]

Induction of Emir Habibullah Khan of Afghanistan into Masonry on 1 Feb 1907

District Grandmasters

List of District Grandmasters
Year District Grandmaster
1862 H. D. Sandeman[10][11][12]
1873 J. Pitt Kennedy (acting)
1875 J. Blessington Roberts[13][14]
1877 J. Pitt Kennedy
1879 Henry Thoby Prinsep[15]
1897 Brigadier General A. G. Yeatman-Biggs[16]
1898 Henry Thoby Prinsep
1904 Sir W. R. Burkitt (judge)
1908 Sir John Stanley
1911 Sir Lawrence Jenkins[17]
1913 Baron Carmichael
1917 Earl of Ronaldshay
1923 Sir W. J. Reid[18][19]
1926 Henry Rivers Nevill[20][21][22]
1930 Sir Eric Studd[23][24]
1938 Charles Carey Morgan
1940 Archibald Barr-Pollock[25]
1954 Frank Carlile Kidd[26]
1960 K. B. Large
1966 Donald Fordwood[27]
1972 A. M. Adams
1982 Vahan Poladian[28]
1988 Archibald Israel Edwards
1994 L. O. H. de Silva
1998 Iqbal Ahmed
List of District Masters of Bengal, Park Street Lodge, Calcutta

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  6. ^ "The Emir of Afghanistan (1872-1919) Freemason A Royal Occasion A Royal Masonic Occasion (An Account of the entry of H M Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghanistan into Freemasonry) By Sir Henry McMahon" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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  22. ^ "Henry Rivers Nevill, CIE, OBE, BA, late Indian C.S. (b. 24may1876) was educ at Charterhouse and Oriel College, Oxford, and worked in India 1899-1932 (India Office List, 1933, findmypast)". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  23. ^ "Studd Collection – Film 1. Description B&W. 11:36min. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. December 1927 – January 1928. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. Grand Lodge Deputation to India. Inspecting the construction of a new building at Freemasons Hall. Outdoor scenes of the Masonic Headquarters. Viceroy's Cup. Arrival of Viceroy, Sir Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal. Extended sequence of Masonic processions to church service, St. Jones, Calcutta. Group portrait of Lord Cornwallis (Grand Deputy Master), Sir John Ferguson (Past Grand Treasurer), Sir J.E. Kynaston Studd (Past Grand Deacon), Col. S. Pleydell-Bouverie (Dy. G. Director of Ceremonies) and Bishop Foss-Westcott. Scenes of Masonic procession. Short scene of Sir Eric Studd (Dy. District Grand Master). NB: Special thanks to Martin Cherry, Librarian at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, London, for providing invaluable background information". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 40 (help)
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  28. ^ "Vahan Poladian". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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