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	Rama (King of Thailand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The kings in the current Chakri dynasty of Thailand are often referred to as Rama followed by Roman ordinal in English translation.
		In fact, the only king in the dynasty who called himself Rama was Phra Mongkutklao, who was the sixth to reign.
		Since King Mongkutklao called himself Rama VI in English, the name was seemingly equivalent to the Thais' Ratchakal ti hok.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rama_(King_of_Thailand) (467 words)

	Rama (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rama may mean, in addition to the legendary Indian king regarded as an incarnation of the god Vishnu (see Rama):
		Rama River, tributary in Herzegovina of the Neretva
		Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12th century duchy figuring in the medieval history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rama_(disambiguation) (211 words)

	King Vajiravudh Rama VI (1910-1925)
		Rama IX King Phar Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua was born on January 1,1880, the second son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Phra Sri Bhatcharintara.
		King Rama VI was educated in England at Oxford University and his great love of literature and poetry in both Thai and English together with his scholastic abilities was later to manifest itself during his reign.
		King Rama VI was Crown Prince for as long as 16 years, up to the age of 30, which was ample time for him to prepare himself to become a good monarch.
	www.hotel-club-thailand.com /chakri/rama_vi.htm (872 words)

	Vajiravudh College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua King Rama VI was kind enough to establish Vajiravudh College in the 29th of December 1910 for this school to become an institution giving out Thai citizens education, also as reign monastery.
		The expanding of this school was stopped by the death of Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua King Rama VI on 25th of November 1925.
		The reason that rugby becomes school's main sport is that Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua King Rama VI thought that rugby would teach men sportmanship, would teach them how to be a gentlemen as rugby is described from the English as "Sport played in heaven".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vajiravudh_College (1098 words)

	Thai King- Rama VI
		King Rama VI : A.D. King Rama VI was the son of King Rama V and Queen Saowabha.
		In 1894, King Rama V, his father, sent him to study in England and was accompanied by Praya Visuth Suriyasak as a special teacher for Thai language.
		In 1917, King Rama VI changed the national flag from one with a red background and the symbol of a white elephant in the middle to the Tri-Rong one consisting of five horizontal bands, red, white, dark blue, white and red.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~alephs/itec845/final/rama6.htm (771 words)

	King Buddha Yot Fa Chulalok Rama I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Rama I, who was formerly known as Duang or Thong Duang was born in Ayutthaya on March 20, 1737 during the reign of King Barommakote.
		King Rama I, after considering the pros and cons from a military strategic and economic point of view, decided to move the capital to the new site.
		In 1804, King Rama I made a major revision on the laws of the kingdom and came out with a new one called "Laws of the Three Seals" which consisted of civil and military sides.
	www.thailand-tourist-information.com /chakri/rama_i.htm (746 words)

	Coronation of Rama VI
		Coronation of Rama VI The Coronation of His Majesty King Vajiravudh was held between 29 November and 10 December 1911 at the Grand Palace.
		But for the Diamond Jubilee of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006, almost all of the 28 Royal Houses of the World sent representatives to join in the celebrations.
		In the evening, King Rama VI hosted dinner for the Foreign Royals only at the Chakri Hall.
	www.soravij.com /coronation6.html (1422 words)

	Chakri Dynasty
		The Crown Prince Vajiravudh was crowned King Rama VI on October 23, 1910.
		Education King Rama VI recorded in his diary in June 1910 just four months before his coronation what King Rama V, his father, said about education, "Personnel in the education department have been making a considerable number of observation tours abroad.
		King Rama VI's accomplishments were numerous, such as Siam's participation in World War I which was enormously advantageous for the country both in politics and law as it provided greater control over Westerners; the establishment of the Wild Tiger Corps; the boyscout movement; the Government Saving Bank and so forth.
	sunsite.au.ac.th /thailand/chakri/rama6.html (879 words)

	Thailand Life - King Rama VI (King Mongkutklao or King Vajiravudh)
		King Rama VI, also known as Mongkutklao or King Vajiravudh, was born on January 1, 1881.
		When King Rama V passed away on October 23, 1910, Prince Vajiravudh ascended the throne to become King Rama VI.
		Rama VI introduced compulsory education by announcing a Primary Education Act in 1921.
	www.thailandlife.com /rama_vi.htm (459 words)

	Windows on Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rama V instituted a number of political reforms that abolished the old semi-feudal system replacing it with a centralized system consisting of a cabinet and 12 ministries.
		The nationalism espoused by Rama VI was echoed by other elements in society and soon became an anti-Chinese force.
		Rama VII abdicated in favor of his son (who was studying overseas and remained there until 1945.) For the next 60 years, the country was dominated by the military.
	www.isp.msu.edu /asianstudies/wbwoa/seasia/Thailand/history2.html (2613 words)

	King Prajadhipok Rama VII (1925-1935) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Rama VII was crowned on November 26,1925 and abdicated the throne in March 2,1934, reigning for a period of nine strictly observed all the ten monarchical principles which is required of all Thai kings.
		King Rama VII himself was extremely upset and had commented thus to military officers on February 5, 1931, concerning the tight money situation, "I strongly feel that I was born only to chop things down.
		In the field of culture, King Rama VII laid a very firm foundation, namely the establishment of a Royal Institute to handle the Royal City Library's activities as well as to investigate literary works; to administer museum; to observe and preserve ancient sites and objects including maintaining the art of handicrafts.
	www.thailand-tourist-information.com /chakri/rama_vii.htm (942 words)

	Nakron Pratom Information eHOTELBOOKING.com
		King Rama V also commanded that the town be relocated from Tambon Thana, Amphoe Nakhon Chaisi, to the Phra Pathom Chedi area as it used to be.
		The present Phra Pathom Chedi was built during the reign of King Rama IV in 1853, under his royal command, the new Chedi was constructed to cover the former Chedi of which the shape was of an upside down bell shape with a Prang top.
		During the reign of King Rama VI, Wat Phra Pathom was renovated and later the temple became the royal temple of King Rama VI.
	www.ehotelbooking.com /ehotelbooking_Nakronpratom_hotelandresort.html (1319 words)

	Thailand About Arts - Literature :: ThailandGateway.Com
		King Rama VI (1910-1925), were distinguished poets and stalwart patrons of Thai arts.
		The longest of the three present versions was written in 1798 by the first Chakri King, Rama I, and a group of intimates, who incorporated Thai and Buddhist elements into it to preserve oral knowledge of Ayutthaya state rites and traditions.
		Both King Rama V and Rama VI were also distinguished writers whose creativity contained the rich intellectual heritage in several prose and verse forms.
	www.thailandgateway.com /about_thailand/literat.html (1365 words)

	Pattayamail - Vol. XI No.14 4 April - 10 April Features
		King Mongkut (Rama IV) who reigned from 1850-1868 and King Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V) who reigned from 1868-1910 were the two kings that played the most important roles in Thailand’s escape from colonization.
		Rama IV and Rama V were experts in diplomacy as they strengthened Siam and prevented colonial powers from taking over their country.
		Both Rama IV and Rama V foresaw this potential problem, and although it appears that they ceded many rights away, they managed to maintain their country’s independence and dignity.
	www.pattayamail.com /505/features.shtml (2350 words)

	The Royal Barges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The present barge was built by King Rama VI and launched on April 15, 1914.
		King Rama VI then commanded the construction of its successor, which was launched on November 13, 1911, and likewise named Subanahongsa.
		King Rama VI first rode in the Subanahongsa Barge on December 4, 1912 for the Royal Kathin Ceremony at the Temple of the Dawn, returning in the Anantanagaraj Barge.
	www.escati.com /news/royal_barges.htm (863 words)

	Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda
		Ultimately Khara hurls a mammoth mace at Rama, which burns down all the neighbouring plants and bushes, and Rama splinters it down while it is still sky rocketing.
		Rama, the great-resplendent, spoke these words forbiddingly albeit softly to Khara who lost his chariot but staying his course wielding a mace.
		Rama is said to have tested whether Khara is ready to surrender or not, at least at this stage of loosing all paraphernalia of war.
	www.valmikiramayan.net /aranya/sarga29/aranyasans29.htm (3800 words)

	The King Rama VI Museum - in memory of King Vajiravudh
		A section of the King Rama VI Museum features Thailand's involvement in World War I during the reign of King Vajiravudh.
		King Rama VI Museum also features some of King Vajiravudh's achievements in the civil sector.
		The King Rama VI Museum is a tribute to the contributions of King Vajiravudh to the Thai military and civil sectors during his reign.
	www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com /king-rama-vi-museum.html (336 words)

	THE ILLUSTRIOUS CHAKRI FAMILY
		There are at present some 150 Mom Chao living--53 are grandchildren or great- grandchildren of King Chulalongkorn [Rama V], 82 are grandchildren or great-grandchildren of King Mongkut [Rama IV], 14 are grandchildren of the last Maha Uparaja [ or Deputy King] and one, the last surviving grandchild of Second King Pinklao, who died in 1866.
		In the early part of this century the total of Mom Chao was much higher, numbering several hundred, and including grandchildren of King Rama III, King Rama II and even King Rama I, as well as numberous grandchildren of the earlier Maha Uparaja.
		In the reign of King Rama III it was decided that the first two kings of the Chakri Dynasty should be accorded a personal name.
	members.tripod.com /~tudtu/chakri.html (1498 words)

	HM King Rama VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		His Majesty King Vajiravudh was born His Royal Highness Prince Maha Vajiravudh, Prince of Debdavaravardi, on 1 Januanry 1881, 29th child of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn, and the eldest son of Her Majesty Queen Sri Bajarindra.
		He became King Rama VI on the death of his father in 1910.
		Rama VI was the first king of Siam to set up a model of the constitution at Dusit Palace.
	www.soravij.com /rama6.html (388 words)

	From Siam to Thailand
		King Mongkut (Rama IV), upon opening the country to the Europeans, was the first to officially use "Siam" as the name of the country.
		The state-authorized version of nationalism (that actually BUILT UPON King Rama VI's work, and not a supplantation of it) was distributed through various mass-media means whereby the citizenry, which not even a century ago consisted of various ethinicities with no unified national sentiment, was succesfully united under the new-born construct of a "Thai" nation.
		In 1946 King Rama VIII died mysteriously of a gun shot wound to the head in his bed in the palace.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/8769/Siam2tai.htm (1686 words)

	bangkok/exhibition5.htm
		The Wechayanratcharot chariot was built During the reign of King Rama I for theRoyal cremation ceremony of PrincessSri Sudarak 11.70 cm.
		This pavilion was built during the reign of King Rama I. The Prince Successor of King Rama V used the pavilion for ceremonial occasions.
		This pavilion was moved to its present location from the palace of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, in Nakhon Pathom.
	www.thailandmuseum.com /thaimuseum_eng/bangkok/exhibition5.htm (261 words)

	Linguistic Proclamations of King Mongkut (Rama VI)
		Ordained and sent off to a temple at age 20, less than a month before Rama II's death (according to [Wyatt84], to prevent possible contention for the throne with his considerably more experienced elder brother), Mongkut spent twenty-seven years as a monk.
		The West at Mongkut's Accession Much of Mongkut's reign was preoccupied with maintaining Siam's independence in the face of British pressure from the west and south, and that of France from the north and east.
		Having served as Rama III's English translator in the nearly disastrous negotiations with the British envoy Brooke, Mongkut was well aware of Siam's weakness.
	seasrc.th.net /mongkut/mongkut.htm (3188 words)

	Pattaya Mail - Pattaya's First English Language Newspaper
		King Rama VI succeeded the throne from HM King Chulalongkorn, Rama V on October 23, 1910.
		The King Rama 6 statue is carefully lowered into its final position under the guidance of the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy.
		The park and statue are situated near the 6th kilometer on the Sattahip-Rayong road at the entrance to the Chong Samae Sarn Sub district, Sattahip district, Chonburi.
	www.pattayamail.com /470/features.shtml (3469 words)

	Panorama views of The Grand Palace, Thailand
		This mansion was built in 1903 by King Rama V for his son and heir, the future King Rama VI.
		When King Rama VI ascended the throne, he had the new Borom Phiman renovated.
		A royal residence by King Rama VII (1925-1935), King Rama VIII (1935-1946), and the present King Rama IX.
	www.21cep.com /thai/tpf1.htm (143 words)

	Bangkok Tours Sightseeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For example, he ordered the installation of newelectrical wires and the repair of cotumns of the main pier at the artificial lake in the garden.
		The building has two right-angled wings, each wing 60 meters long and meters high, and is three-storied except for the part where King Rama V resided, which is octagonal and four-storied.
		Although the ground floor is brick and cement, the uypper floors are built of beautiful golden teakwood.
	www.asiaworldtravel.net /sightseeing/bangkok/vimanmek.html (298 words)

	The secretariat of the Cabinet
		This area was called "Norasingha Mansion" and belonged to "General Admiral Chao Phya Ramarakop" (M.L. Fua Pungboon), key figure, during the reign of Rama VI, who was a Royal Bodyguard, Privy Councillor, Sua Pa Council President, Army General, Navy Admiral and the favorite of King Rama VI.
		The owner of the mansion inherited it from King Rama VI, including all the construction cost of the mansion.
		During the term of Phya Phahon Phonpayuhasena (Phot Phahonyothin), the Office of the Prime Minister was transferred to Paluskawan Palace, which was the Coup d'Etat Headquarters, on June 26, 1933.
	www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th /eng/house01.htm (475 words)

	Siam Scout Overprints, Not Just on Any Old Stamps
		An interesting philatelic letter, used as an advertisement for a San Francisco envelope manufacturer, circa 1930, explains why you might consider placing an unoverprinted stamp in your collection for 10 cents in case you can't manage the cost of an overprinted set.
		The King is incorrectly refered to as Rama IV instead of Rama VI.
		I remember him as a scholar, a gentleman and a good Boy Scout, particularly for the latter, as Rama, believe me, was no piker at anything he went for.
	www.sossi.org /articles/siamsf.htm (479 words)

	First World War.com - Feature Articles - Thailand and the First World War
		When United States President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was clear the American entry would eventually turn the tide against the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria).
		The monarch was convinced that participation would be an "…an excellent opportunity for us to gain equality with other nations." Thailand had suffered from the imperial designs of both the British and French, particularly the latter, losing control of Laos and Cambodia and ceding four southern provinces in the years between 1889 and 1909.
		Additionally, Thailand was forced to accept the imposition of extraterritorial rights for the citizens of nations such as France, Britain and the United States and King Rama VI was hopeful that Thai participation in the war would allow a revision of these unequal treaties.
	www.firstworldwar.com /features/thailand.htm (600 words)

	ThaiAntiqueCar =>Classic Museum
		The collections comprise of the Royal Horse-Drawn Carriage from HM King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and HM King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) reign.
		During the reign of HM King Rama VI,Horse-Drawn carriages were widely used.
		During the reign of HM King Rama VIII, the popularity of the Horse-Drawn Carriage declined because of the introduction of automobiles into Thailand and of the poor condition of the existing coaches.
	www.thaiclassiccar.com /classic2.htm (367 words)

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