Lazimpat Durbar
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{{Infobox building
|name= Lazimpat Durbar
|image=Hotel Shanker in the 1970, post refurbishment.jpg
|caption= Reverse angle of Lajimpat Durbar (Then known as Agni Bhawan)
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|location_town= Kathmandu
|location_country= Nepal
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|architect= Current structure by Jogbir Sthapit
|client=Kaji Bir Keshar Pande, Bir Shumsher JBR
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|construction_start_date=
|completion_date=1894
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|cost= Unknown
|structural_system= Brick and Mortar
|style= Neoclassical architecture and European styles of architecture
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Lazimpat Durbar, Aka Agni Bhawan is a palace complex in Kathmandu, the capital of the Nepal. Initially build and occupied by Kaji Bir Keshar Pande but later palace area was occupied by Bir Shumsher JBR, as prime minister the executive head of Nepal. The palace complex, located next to the historic Narayanhity Palace Museum, was incorporated impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings.
History
The palace complex lies in the heart of Kathmandu city, to the north of the Bagmati river.{{cite web|url=http://www.shankerhotel.com.np/blog/2014/10/19/the-historic-durbars-of-kathmandu/|title=THE HISTORIC DURBARS OF KATHMANDU|date=2014-10-19|access-date=2015-06-05|archive-date=5 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705215035/http://www.shankerhotel.com.np/blog/2014/10/19/the-historic-durbars-of-kathmandu|url-status=live}} The history of the palace is closely linked with the history of Nepal and its rulers.
=Under Pandey=
= Under Rana=
Hotel Shanker
After Agni Shumsher's death Lazimpat Durbar (then known as Agni Bhawan) was sold to Ram Shanker Shrestha who remodeled the interior into a historic luxury heritage hotel.{{cite book |last=JBR |first=PurushottamShamsher |title=Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu |date=2007 |publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar |isbn=978-9994611027 |language=ne |trans-title=Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era}}