Babar Mahal

Babar Mahal
बबरमहल
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture and European styles of architecture
Town or city	Kathmandu
Country	Nepal
Cost	Unknown
Client	Jung Bahadur Rana, Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Technical details
Structural system	Brick and Mortar
Design and construction
Architect	Kumar Narasingh Rana and Kishor Narasingh Rana

Babar Mahal, Baber Mahal is a Rana palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The palace complex, located north of the Bagmati river, was incorporated in an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings. Initially the palace was under Jung Bahadur Rana's Thapathali Durbar but later was separated and demolished and rebuilt by Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, as prime minister and the executive leader of Nepal.

The palace complex lay in the heart of Kathmandu, to the north of the Bagmati River. The history of the palace is closely linked with the history of Nepal and its rulers.

The Thapathali Durbar complex occupies over 80 Ropanis of which Babar Mahal was a part. After the fall of the Thapa aristocracy, Jung Bahadur Rana began to live in his grandfather's Thapathali Durbar. After Bhandarkhal Parva in 1904 BS, he was able to seize all of the immediate property of his maternal uncle PM Mathabarsingh Thapa and grandfather PM Bhimsen Thapa. During this acquisition Jung also acquired the Thapathali Durbar complex. As a head of all state affairs Jung Bahadur built a lavish new palace within the Thapathali complex under his royal architect Ranasur Bista. After Junga's death the palace was inherited by his sons and wives. In 1942 BS, the Shamsher brothers' revolt against Jung Bahadur Rana's sons and finally the Shamsher Brothers exiled the Junga sons. After this Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana accuired this property in 1958 BS. Upon Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana's exile the palace was inherited by Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

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