 Immediately after construction, Shumsher sold this property to the Government of Nepal for 20 million Nepali rupees as the official residence of Prime minister.After his death in 1929, it was used as the official residence of prime ministers of Rana dynasty except Padma Shumsher JBR, who lived in his own Bishalnagar Durbar.The last Rana Prime minister to occupy Singha Durbar was Mohan Shumsher JBR.