Seto Durbar
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{{Infobox building
|name= Seto Durbar
|image=Durbar Margh.jpg
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|location_town= Kathmandu
|location_country= Nepal
|architect=Jogbir Sthapit
|client=Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
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|construction_start_date=1893
|completion_date=
|date_demolished=1934
|cost= Unknown
|structural_system= Brick and Mortar
|style= Fusion of Neoclassical architecture, Mughal, European styles of architecture
|size=375 ropanis
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{{Coord|27.4243|85.1910|display=title}}
File:NIDC Development Bank Head Office.jpg
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.{{cite book |last=JBR |first=PurushottamShamsher |date=2007 |title=Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu |trans-title=Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era |language=ne |publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar |isbn=978-9994611027}}
History
File:Gehendra Shumsher JBR.jpg
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.{{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}}
Grand State Hall
Seto durbar was famous for its Grand State Hall known as Thulo Baithak or Big hall.{{Cite book|last=Mahat|first=Ram Sharan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzRuAAAAMAAJ|title=In Defence of Democracy: Dynamics and Fault Lines of Nepal's Political Economy|date=2005|publisher=Adroit Publishers|isbn=978-81-87392-67-5|pages=33|language=en|access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407135656/https://books.google.com/books?id=qzRUAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
Destruction of the Seto Durbar
The only remains of Seto durbar is a building occupied by NIDC Development Bank Head Office in Durbar Marg.{{cite book |last=JBR |first=PurushottamShamsher |title=Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta |date=1990 |publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar |isbn=99933-39-91-1 |location=Bhotahity, Kathmandu |language=ne}}
Legacy
Today most of the Hotel Annapurna stands on the grounds of Seto Durbar{{Cite web |title=A Time to Build, Maharajah Bir's Legacy |url=http://historylessonsnepal.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-time-to-build-maharajah-birs-legacy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225221/http://historylessonsnepal.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-time-to-build-maharajah-birs-legacy.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 August 2015}}