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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 purpose of freemason in india
In Craft Masonry, George Pomfret received a deputation to open a lodge in Bengal in December 1728, introducing the Craft into the English settlements. The earliest lodge constituted under the English Constitution was Lodge East India Arms in Bengal in 1730. English warrants were subsequently granted across the region, establishing lodges at Madras in 1752 and at Bombay in 1758. Under the Irish Constitution, the Grand Lodge of Ireland chartered a lodge at Kurnaul in 1837, though it proved short-lived. Scottish Craft Masonry gained formal structure when Dr.
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Which is the oldest Lodge in India?
The first lodge constituted in India was Lodge East India Arms at Fort William in Calcutta, established under a deputation granted to George Pomfret on 6th February 1728/9. It was entered on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England as No. 72 in 1730, a foundation documented by the Regional Grand Lodge of Eastern India .
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What is the history of the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity?
Lodge of Perfect Unanimity, designated No. 1 on the Coast of Coromandel, was revived in Madras in 1786 and listed as No. 199 under the English constitution in the calendar of 1793. Meeting at the First Freemasons' Hall in Madras on the first and second Thursdays of each month, it maintained continuous activity through periods when other regional lodges lapsed. By 1835, it stood as the sole lodge in the province actively submitting returns and dues to the Provincial Grand Secretary.
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How did Freemasonry come to Madras?
Madras received its initial Masonic lodge in 1752 with the establishment of Lodge No. 222 EC, which does not appear to have received a name, as noted by the Regional Grand Lodge of South India . The arrival of the Craft on the Coast of Coromandel coincided with a broader era of expansion brought by English merchants, soldiers, and sailors, who were later followed by Irish and Scottish Masons.
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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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How did Freemasonry come to Madras?
Freemasonry first reached Madras in 1752 with the warranting of a lodge under the English Constitution, listed in official records as Lodge No. 222. The Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India notes that this pioneer lodge does not appear to have received a formal name.
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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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What is the significance of the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity in Masonic history?
The Lodge of Perfect Unanimity holds a central place in the history of Freemasonry on the Coromandel Coast as the premier lodge (No. 1) under the English jurisdiction in Madras. Formed by former members of Athole Lodge 152 and revived in 1786, it served as the anchor of the Craft in the region during periods when institutional activity elsewhere faltered.
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How did the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity influence Freemasonry in India?
Formed in 1786 through a local union of Atholl (Ancients) and Regular (Moderns) Masons in Madras, the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity united the competing English factions in India twenty-seven years before the 1813 Grand Union in England, as an article on the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India's website records . It became the premier lodge on the Coast of Coromandel, providing stability and administrative continuity during periods when other lodges lapsed or failed to send returns to the Grand Lodge of England.
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How did Freemasonry come to Madras?
Freemasonry was introduced to Madras during the mid-eighteenth century under the authority of the Grand Lodge of England. The Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India states that Freemasonry arrived in Madras with the formation of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Madras in 1752, when the first unnamed lodge, No. 222 EC, was constituted. The District Grand Lodge of Madras records Captain Edmund Pascal as the first Provincial Grand Master appointed in 1752, though early encyclopedia records date the chartering of the first English lodge at Madras to 1755 and Captain Edmond Pascal's appointment to 1766.
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History of Freemasonry in India
English Freemasonry was introduced to India in 1728 when a deputation was granted to open a lodge in Bengal, leading to the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for India and the Far East, as the Grand Lodge of India states . The earliest recorded English Lodge in India was Lodge East India Arms, constituted in 1730 at Fort William in Calcutta, where officers of the East India Company held meetings, as an article on the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India's website records . Subsequent early lodges in Bengal included Star in the East (1740) and Industry with Perseverance (1761).
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Is the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity older than the District of Madras?
A Provincial Grand Master for Madras was first appointed in 1766, whereas Lodge Perfect Unanimity No. 1 was formed in 1786 when the body previously known as Provincial Grand Lodge No. 152 was reconstituted under that name following a union of Athole and Regular Masons on the Coromandel coast.
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History of freemasonry in India
Freemasonry was introduced to English settlements in India when George Pomfret received a deputation in December 1728. Brethren in India petitioned that same year to constitute a Provincial Grand Lodge in Calcutta, leading to the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for India and the Far East, as the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India records. Captain Ralph Farwinter was appointed Provincial Grand Master for East India in Bengal in 1729, and the first lodge under the English Constitution, Lodge East India Arms (No. 72), was constituted at Calcutta in 1730.
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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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