Babar Mahal

Babar Mahal
बबरमहल
Location within Kathmandu
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture and European styles of architecture
Town or city	Kathmandu
Country	Nepal
Coordinates	27.6928°N 85.3222°E / 27.6928; 85.3222
Cost	Unknown
Client	Jung Bahadur Rana, Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Technical details
Structural system	Brick and Mortar
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kumar Narasingh Rana and Kishor Narasingh Rana

Babar Mahal, Baber Mahal is a Rana palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

History

The palace complex lay in the heart of Kathmandu, to the north of the Bagmati River.[1] The history of the place is closely linked with the history of Nepal and its rulers.

Part of Thapathali

Baber Shamsher

View of the Baber Mahal

Under Government of Nepal

Earthquake 2015

This Palace was seriously damaged during the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.[2]

See also

• Babarmahal Revisited
• Thapathali Durbar
• Jung Bahadur Rana

References

[3]

1. "THE HISTORIC DURBARS OF KATHMANDU". 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. "Nepali Times". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
3. JBR, PurushottamShamsher (2007). Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu [Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era] (in Nepali). Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 978-9994611027.