Grand Conclave in India

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The Order of the Secret Monitor was first introduced to India in 1889 with the founding of Damon and Pythias Conclave No. 14 in Madras, as an article on the Grand Conclave in India's website records.

Today, the Order in India is governed by the Grand Conclave in India, which was constituted and consecrated as a sovereign body on December 14, 2013, at Chennai, as the Grand Conclave in India states. The body is headquartered at Freemasons' Hall, 14, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai. Jurisdiction across the country is organized into four District Grand Conclaves: Southern India, Western India, Northern India, and Eastern India, according to an article on the Grand Conclave in India's website.

In historical records of Scottish Rite Masonry, earlier 19th-century proposals for a "Grand Convocation" in Southern India referred instead to the Rose Croix degree rather than the Order of the Secret Monitor 1.

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C. H. Malden A History of Freemasonry (Under the English Constitution) on the Coast of Coromandel: Together with Histories of the Old Madras Lodges Which Were Founded Before the Union: Together with Appendices and a Map 1895 · pp. 136-139 Malden details an early proposal for a Grand Convocation in Southern India, clarifying that it concerned the Rose Croix degree rather than the Secret Monitor

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grandconclaveindia.org.in the foundation date, headquarters, structure into four District Grand Conclaves, and 1889 introduction of the Order of the Secret Monitor to India

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