Masonic Lodges
List of Masonic Lodges in India 1860
Lodges with the * prefixed have Chapters attached.
| No | LODGES LOCATION | TIME OF MEETING |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | Star in the East, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 94 | Stewards', Freemasons' Hall, Madras. | |
| 126* | Industry & Perseverance,Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 175* | Perfect Unanimity, Madras. | |
| 242 | Rising Sun, Fort Marlborough. | |
| 265 | True Friendship, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 279 | Humility with Fortitude, Fort William, Calcutta. | |
| 282 | Marine, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 284 | Anchor and Hope, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 293 | Neptune, Prince of Wales's Island. | |
| 825* | Rock, Trichinopoly, Madras. | |
| 826* | Social Friendship, Madras. | |
| 840* | Universal Charity, Madras. | |
| 480 | Benevolent, Bombay. | |
| 532 | Hope, Ahmednugger, Bombay. | |
| 646* | Perseverance, Bombay. | |
| 650 | Independence with Philanthropy, Bengal. | |
| 551* | Courage with Humanity, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 596* | Hope, Meerut, Bengal. | 2d Friday. |
| 698 | Orion in the West, Bombay Artillery, Bombay. | |
| 609 | True Brothers, Dinapore, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Weds. |
| 619 | Oriental Star, Cannanore, Malabar. | |
| 622 | Neilghcrry, Ootacamund, Madras. | |
| 628* | St. John's, Secunderabad, Madras. | |
| 634 | Social & Military Virtues.Madras. | |
| 636 | Universal Charity, Madras. | |
| 636 | Honour & Humanity, Madras. | |
| 637 | Military & Social Friendship, Madras. | |
| 638 | Taprobane, Madras. | |
| 689 | Corinthian, Madras. | |
| 641* | Harmony, Cawnpore, Bengal. | |
| 664 | Doric, Kamptee, Madras. | |
| 665 | St. John's, Kandy, Ceylon. | |
| 673* | Himalayan Brotherhood,Simla, Bengal. | |
| 684 | Goodwill, Bellary, Madras. | |
| 685 | Armenia, Madras. | |
| 710 | Bangalore Cantonment, Bangalore, Madras. | |
| 715 | St. John's, Calcutta. | 2d & 4th Fridays. |
| 718 | St. Helena, St. Helena. | |
| 784 | St. Andrew's, Kamptee, Madras. | |
| 740 | Kilwinning in the East, Calcutta, Bengal. | |
| 748* | Zetland in the East, Singapore. | Last Monday. |
| 761* | Star of Hope, Agra, Bengal. | First Wednesday. |
| 794 | Philanthropy, Maulmain. | 1st & 3d Weds. |
| 807 | St. George's, Bombay. | |
| 810 | Morning Star, Lucknow, Bengal. | 2d & 4th Weds. |
| 828* | Charity, Umballa, Bengal. | |
| 831* | Pilgrims of Light, Mount-road, near Madras. | 4th Saturday. |
| 846 | Neptune,Georgetown, Prince of Wales's Island. | 3d Thursday. |
| 852* | Kyber, Peshawur, Bengal. | |
| 897 | Star of Burmah, Rangoon, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Thursdays. |
| 906 | Jullunder, Jullunder, Bengal. | 1st Wednesday. |
| 922* | Dalhousie of Mussoorie and Deyrah, Mussoorie, Bengal. | 2d & 4th Tuesdays. |
| 925 | Fidelity, Darjeeling, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Thursdays. |
| 929 | Am kan, Akyab, Bengal. | 3d Monday. |
| 972 | Astrea, Thayetmys Pegu, Bengal | 2d Wednesday. |
| 978 | Ramsey, Rawul Pinde, Bengal. | 1st Monday. |
| 974 | Light of tbe North, Ferozepore, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Weds. |
| 984 | Trinne Brotherhood, Subathoo, Bengal. | 3d Wednesday. |
| 1038 | British, Port Louis, Mauritius. | 1st Wednesday. |
| 1042 | Fidelity, Singapore. | Last Monday. |
| 1058 | Good Hope,Dacca, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Weds. |
| 1059 | Concord, Bombay. | 3d Saturday. |
| 1069 | Union, Kurrachee, Bombay. | |
| 1084 | Hope and Perseverance, Lahore, Bengal. | 1st & 3d Mondays. |
| No | LODGES LOCATION | TIME OF MEETING |
|---|---|---|
| 842 | Rising Star, Western India. | |
| 343 | St. Andrew's in the East, Poonah. | |
| 350 | Hope, Kurrachce. | |
| 351 | Perseverance, Bombay. | |
| 871 | St. David's in the East, Calcutta, Bengal. | 1st & 3rd Tuesdays. |
| 389 | St. Paul's, Mhow, Bengal, India. |
FIBIS resources
- Freemasons FIBIS database
External Links
- The Library and Museum of Freemasonry
- Freemasonry Comes To India from The Grand Lodge of AF and AM of India
- The Sons Of Mystery: A Masonic Miscellany From Old Calcutta by Pratap Chandra Chunder 1973
- Freemasonry, mainly in India during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Moira by Roger Houghton
- Freemasonry in Madras Lodge Prudentia No. 369 GLI
- History of Scottish Freemasonry in India:1838 – 2001 from District Grand Lodge of India under Grand Lodge of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland. Includes Freemasonry in Bombay.
- Khyber Lodge No.582 EC, Peshawar Khyberlodge.co.uk
- Freemasons including Himalayan Brotherhood from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com)
- Rudyard Kipling and his masonic career freemasons-freemasonry.com
- Details of the book Constructing the 'Brother': Freemasonry, Empire, and Nationalism in India, 1840—1925, by Vahid Jalil Fozdar, in two volumes, University Of California, Berkeley, 2001. Freemasonry contributed to Indian nationalism in four main ways. The author is Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay.
- Amir Habibullah Khan: Afghan Reformer and Freemason (National Heritage Museum) became a Mason in India in 1907
- A lost copy of the Francken manuscript found in Lahore Pakistan freemasons-freemasonry.com
Historical books online
- The early history of Freemasonry in Bengal and the Punjab; with which is incorporated "The early history of Freemasonry in Bengal" by Andrew D'Cruz by Walter Kelly Firminger (1906) Archive.org
- A history of Freemasonry (under the English constitution) on the Coast of Coromandel : together with histories of the old Madras lodges which were founded before the union : together with appendices and a map by Rev C H Malden (1895) Archive.org
- History of Lodge "St. George" of Bombay, No. 549 on the Registry of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England by Bro. Isaac M. Shields 1898 Archive.org
- History of Freemasonry in Hyderabad (Deccan) by J. D. B. Gribble 1910 Archive.org