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 1. It was entered on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England as No. 72 in 1730 1, a foundation documented by the Regional Grand Lodge of Eastern India.

Star in the East was constituted a decade later, on 16th April 1740 1. Placed on the lists of the Grand Lodge of England in 1750, it was acknowledged in 1773 as "the first Lodge of Bengal" and received its full title in 1790 1.

Outside Bengal, the first lodge on the Coast of Coromandel was erected at Madras in 1752 2. In the Presidency of Bombay, the first lodge was constituted in 1758 as Lodge No. 234 12.