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Name prominent Indian Freemasons from the 17th and 18th centuries
Omdat-ul-Omrah, the eldest son of the Nawab of the Carnatic, was initiated in Trichinopoly in 1775 and stands as the first recorded Indian Freemason, as the Regional Grand Lodge of Northern India notes. His admission into Lodge No. 355 was formally announced to the Grand Lodge of England in London, which sent him an apron in recognition of his reception into the fraternity. He maintained a correspondence with the Grand Lodge written in Persian, expressing his dedication to the institution and its philanthropic principles.
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Who was the first Indian initiated into Freemasonry?
Omdat-ul-Omrah, the eldest son of the Nawab of the Carnatic, was the first Indian initiated into Freemasonry in the Craft. He was regularly initiated at Trichinopoly in Lodge No. 355 by Surgeon Terence Gahagan.
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