On the 18th May at 5 pm 11 petitioners gathered at Freemasons’ Hall, Kolkata to witness and
participate in the birth of the first Order of the Knight Masons in Eastern and Northern India,
“Shamrock on the Hooghly Council of Knight masons No 74
Right Excellent Assistant Great Chief, Ven. R.E. Sir Knight Robert C. Barnes, opened a Grand
Council of Knight Masons for the purpose of constituting this new Council and was assisted by
the following distinguished Sir Knights:
Grand Senior Knight, E Sir Kt Vivek Misra; Grand Junior Knight, E Sir Kt Sreevardhan Sinha;
Grand Scribe, E Sir Kt V Periannan; Grand Priest, R Ex Sir Kt Adi Aga
Grand Director of Ceremonies, R E Sir Kt Bharat V Epur; Grand Senior Warden, Sir Kt Jayanta Neogi;
Grand Junior Warden, Sir Kt Prodipto Banerjea; Grand Standard Bearer, E Sir Kt Satyanarayan Dave
Grand Captain of the Guard, Sir Kt Biswaroop Bandyopadhyay;
2nd Grand Captain of the Guard, Sir Kt Bikash Balder
Grand Tyler, Sir Kt Bikash Halder
Inaddition, the following Sir Knights assisted in carrying the dedicating vessels:
Carrying the Corn — Sir Knight Prodipto Banerjea
Carrying the Wine – E Sir Knight Satyanarayan Dave
Carrying the Oil – E Sir Knight Vivek Misra
The following Petitioners of Shamrock on the Hooghly Council were present:
Sir Knight Amit Jyoti Sen
Sir Knight Anil Vaswani
Sir Knight Anirudh S Chari
Sir Knight Subir Dutta
Sir Knight Prodipto Banerjea
*Sir Knight Dr Manoj Agarwal
Sir Knight Sandeep Kumar Mukherjee
Sir Knight Venkatesh Prasad Jasti
Sir Knight Sreevardhan Sinha
Sir Knight Jayanta Kumar Neogi
Sir Knight Biswaroop Bandyopadhyay
*Sir Knight Vasant Subramanyan
Sir Knight Bikash Chandra Halder
- In total, there were 22 Sir Knights in attendance.
Upon the completion of the Constitution and Dedication ceremonies, the following were declared
the Founding Officers of the Shamrock on the Hooghly Council of Knight Masons No. 74:
Office
Sir Knight Amit Jyoti Sen was then installed into the Chair of Shamrock on the Hooghly Council
of Knight Masons No. 74 as the Founding Excellent Chief by Right Excellent Assistant Great
Chief, Ven. R.E. Sir Knight Robert C. Barnes.
The Secrets of the Chair were communicated to, Sir Knight Amit Jyoti Sen, Sir Knight Subir Dutta
Sir Knight Sandeep Kumar Mukherjee
The Signet of Shamrock Council was then presented, and its meaning explained, by Right
Excellent Assistant Great Chief, Ven R E Sir Knight Robert C. Barnes.
The Symbol of Shamrock Council was then displayed: A stylized Shamrock below which is a flow of
water representing the river Hooghly:
The Grand Council of Knight Masons was then closed in due form, after which the business of
Shamrock on the Hooghly Council of Knight Masons No 74 was conducted.