Seto Durbar
27°25′27″N 85°11′28″E / 27.4243°N 85.1910°E
Fire at seto Durbar, 1934 
Small remaining wing of Seto Durbar currently occupied by NIDC Development Bank 
Gehendra Shumsher JBR
Seto Durbar (White Palace) was a Rana palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, located south of the Narayanhity Palace. It was built by Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana in 1893 CE.
History
Seto Durbar was built by Bir Shumsher JBR in 1893 CE in a land area of 375 ropani with Lal Durbar to its northeast as his private residence.
Grand State Hall
Seto durbar was famous for its Grand State Hall known as Thulo Baithak or Big hall.
Destruction of the Seto Durbar
The only remains of Seto durbar is a building occupied by NIDC Development Bank Head Office in Durbar Marg.
Legacy
Today most of the Hotel Annapurna stands on the grounds of Seto Durbar
See also
References
- ^ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (2007). Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu [Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era] (in Nepali). Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 978-9994611027.
- ^ "THE HISTORIC DURBARS OF KATHMANDU". 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Mahat, Ram Sharan (2005). In Defence of Democracy: Dynamics and Fault Lines of Nepal's Political Economy. Adroit Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-81-87392-67-5. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
- ^ "A Time to Build, Maharajah Bir's Legacy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.