Indian freemasons
The first recorded Indian Mason was Omdat-ul-Omrah, the Nawab of Carnatic, followed by M. Bandeh Ali Khan, who was initiated in Marine Lodge at Calcutta in 1812, as an article on the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India's website records.
The first Hindu admitted into Freemasonry was Bro. Ranganath Sastry, who joined Lodge Perfect Unanimity No. 233 at Madras in 1857, according to an article on the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India's website. Bro. Duleep Singh became the earliest Sikh admitted into the Craft when he was initiated in Lodge Star in the East in 1861, as recorded on the same site.
In Bengal, D'Cruz, a prominent British-Indian who served as registrar in the Home Department at Calcutta, was initiated in Lodge Humility with Fortitude on 9 November 1858 1.
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