Grand Lodge of India

In 1730 officers of the East India Company held their meetings in Fort William in Calcutta.

The Goshamal Baradari, Hyderabad, built in 1682 by Sultan Abul Hassan Tana Shah, is the oldest building used as a Masonic Temple in India.

Built in 1682,[2] it was donated to the fraternity in 1872 by the 6th Nizam of Kingdom of Hyderabad - Mir Mahbub Ali Khan.

[3] Under the Jyotirgamaya, initiated by Grand Master Dr Balaram Biswakumar to mark the Golden Jubilee of the GLI; The Grand Lodge of India took the initiative to light up 50 villages across remote areas in the country that did not have access to electricity till date.

[4] The GLI constructed 74 houses for the tsunami-affected, building a 10,000 sq.ft hall in Pallam village in Kanyakumari.