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What is the history of Lodge Perfect Unanimity?
Lodge of Perfect Unanimity No. 150 EC carries a history tied to the earliest expansion of Craft Masonry in Southern India. The lodge was consecrated on October 7, 1786, making it the oldest surviving lodge under the District Grand Lodge of Madras , operating today under the United Grand Lodge of England . It was originally established through a local union of the Provincial Grand Committee of Athole Lodge No. 152 and the Regular Provincial Lodge operating at Madras—achieving a local reconciliation between the Atholl ("Ancients") and Regular ("Moderns") traditions long before the 1813 union in England.
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who owns freemasons hall in Chennai
The present site of Freemasons' Hall on Ethiraj Salai in Chennai was acquired in April 1917 by the District Grand Lodge of Madras , as the District Grand Lodge of Madras records on its website.
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What were the significant events in the history of Freemasonry in Madras?
Freemasonry in Madras began with the English chartering of a lodge in 1755, followed by the appointment of Captain Edmond Pascal as Provincial Grand Master in 1766. Following the early organization of the Provincial Grand Lodge under Matthew Home and Terence Gahagan, Josias Du Pre Porcher was appointed Acting Grand Master of the Presidency, and Lodge Perfect Unanimity No. 1 was formed alongside the Stewards' Lodge. Ameer-ul-Omrah Bahadur, second son of the Nabob of the Carnatic, was admitted as a Mason during this period. In 1791, war with Tippu Sultan interrupted lodge operations and charitable remittances as many military brethren were called into the field.
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What is the history of Freemasons Hall in Chennai?
Lodges were meeting at a Freemasons' Hall in Madras as early as 1791. Proposals for a dedicated building were raised in 1823 by Lodge Perfect Unanimity, culminating in 1839 when the foundation stone for a new Masonic Temple was laid on the beach near Capper's in St. Thomé by Lord Elphinstone. Constructed by Lodge Perfect Unanimity, this hall hosted the Provincial Grand Lodge of Madras starting in 1841.
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What is the history of Lodge Perfect Unanimity?
Lodge Perfect Unanimity No. 150 EC was consecrated on 7 October 1786 in Madras and stands as the oldest surviving lodge in the District Grand Lodge of Madras . In the 1793 Freemason's Calendar, the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity appeared as No. 199, listed as No. 1 Coast of Coromandel with a revival date of 1786.
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What is the history of Freemasons Hall in Chennai?
A Freemasons' Hall in Madras is recorded as early as 1791, serving in the Craft as the place of meeting for both the Stewards' Lodge and Lodge Perfect Unanimity. By 1823, discussions regarding a dedicated, newly built temple were initiated when Lodge Perfect Unanimity formally raised the necessity of soliciting private subscriptions among the local brethren to construct a permanent hall.
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