District Grand Lodge of Bengal

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.

[3][4] Members of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal were some of the biggest figures of the British Raj.

[citation needed] 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.

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Seal of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal
Induction of Emir Habibullah Khan of Afghanistan into Masonry on 1 Feb 1907
List of District Masters of Bengal, Park Street Lodge, Calcutta