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	Taksin@Everything2.com
		Taksin was king of Siam from 1767 to 1782.
		Taksin was a brilliant military tactician and strategist, but he must also have been charismatic, for he convinced people to follow him.
		As custom dictated, Taksin was killed in the manner fitting royalty: he was placed in a velvet sack and struck on the back of the neck with a sandalwood club.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=Taksin (436 words)

	Taksin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taksin the Great (Thai: ตากสินมหาราช; 鄭昭; pinyin: Zhèng Chāo; April 17, 1734 - April 7, 1782) was king of Thailand from 1767-1782.
		According to legend, when he and his friend Tong-Duang were priests they met a Chinese fortune-teller who told them that they both had lucky lines in the palms of their hands and would both become kings.
		King Taksin was betrayed by his best friend and right-hand man. Thai people know that King Rama I's brother refused to ever speak to his brother again after learning that King Rama I had taken the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taksin (715 words)

	Taksin: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Taksin the Great (April 17, 1734 - April 7, 1782) was king of Thailand (A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula) from 1767-1782.
		According to legend, when he and his friend Tong-Duang were priests they met a Chinese fortune-teller who told them that they both had lucky lines (A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent) in the palms of their hands and would both become kings.
		Neither took it seriously, but Tong-Duang was later the successor of King Taksin, Rama I (additional info and facts about Rama I) Sin was first deputy-governor and later governor of the Tak province (additional info and facts about Tak province), which gained him his name Tak-Sin, even though his official noble title was Phya Tak.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/taksin.htm (523 words)

	Kingdom of Taksin
		During the encirclement of Ayuthaya by the Burmese, General Taksin and his army escaped and with armies and supplies from vassal states in East Thailand was able to regain independence for the Siamese within 6 months.
		Taksin tackled the problems of consolidation of the Siam Empire, wars with Cambodia and Burma, as well as domestic economic and administrative issues.
		Taksin selected Bangkok as the new capital as it was impossible to restore Ayutthaya to its original condition and secure its defences for the future.
	www.thailandsworld.com /index.cfm?p=214 (221 words)

	Taksin
		King Taksin had to fight most of the time of reign to keep indepence of the country.
		A coup d'état started and Taksin was removed from his throne.
		The date of his coronation, December 28, is the official day to homage King Taksin, however not a public holiday.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Taksin.html (396 words)

	Encyclopedia: Taksin
		Thon Buri (à¸˜à¸™à¸šà¸¸à¸£à¸µ) was capital of Thailand for a short time during the reign of King Taksin, after the previous capital Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese.
		Taksin the Great (éæ; pinyin: ZhÃ¨ng ChÄo; April 17, 1734 - April 7, 1782) was king of Thailand from 1767-1782.
		According to legend when he and his friend Tong-Duang were priests they met a Chinese fortune teller who told them that they both have lucky lines in the palms of their hands and will both become kings.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Taksin (1462 words)

	Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While Taksin's general, he conquered Vientiane in 1778/79, putting the country under vassalage, and removing its Emerald Buddha to Thonburi.
		In 1782, when Taksin was declared mad after a coup d'etat and was later executed, Yodfa assumed power, establishing the Chakri dynasty.
		He also moved the capital from Taksin's capital of Thonburi and built the new capital Bangkok.In his palace, the Wat Phra Kaew, to house the Emerald Buddha, and created a new code of laws, the Book of three seals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddha_Yodfa_Chulaloke (375 words)

	Pahuyuth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pra Jauw Taksin's followers gave rise to the tradition of Asian guerilla fighters in so much as his army was made up of small units each consisting of about five soldiers.
		Taksin therefore invited Joiy, who was also known as Tongdie, to join his retinue.
		After the coronation of King Taksin, for which Nay Tongdie stood at his side, Tongdie was stationed in the strategically important city of Pischei which was also his home town.
	www.pahuyuth.de /phy/ttk/tk_g09e.htm (1490 words)

	Hua hin thailand history taksin the great / Hua Hin, Thailand - Sunsearch.info
		Taksin, therefore, decided to default on these loans by staging a coup d'état, in which a new monarch would be installed to negotiate with creditors under the pretense of a new dynasty.
		The conspiracy goes on to claim that Taksin had a volunteer die in his place, with the velvet sack covering his true identity whilst the King left Thonburi to spend the rest of his life as a monk in a rural temple.
		Taksin's equestrian statue stands in the middle of Wongwien Yai (the Big Traffic Circle) in Thonburi and is a well known Bangkok landmark.
	sunsearch.in.th /thailand/hua-hin/sights-information/hua-hin-thailand-history-taksin-the-great (902 words)

	King Taksin the Great
		King Taksin was born in 1733 in the reign of King Borommakot of Ayutthaya.
		King Taksin was put to death on April 6,1782 at the age of 48 after a 15-year reign.
		In King Taksin's reign from 1767 to 1782, wars were fought to unify, defend and expand the country almost all the time.
	www.wangdermpalace.com /kingtaksin/eng_thegreat.html (1158 words)

	Untitled Document
		Unfortunately, King Taksin, who devoted his life to protect his beloved country, was over stressed from the After the fall of Ayudthaya, General Taksin, a general of Aydthaya, drafted an army of patriots to take revenge for his country.
		Unfortunately, King Taksin, who devoted his life to protect his beloved country, was over stressed from the wars and eventually became insane.
		King Taksin's achievements have caused prosperity to bestow on him the epithet "the Great"wars and eventually became insane.
	www.geocities.com /markawaz/thonburi.html (223 words)

	Factsheet: Center of Excellence: Taksin Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Taksin Hospital is relevant to the President’s Plan because it serves as a model for The President’s Plan, which requires accountability and results.
		Taksin Hospital, is one of 12 hospitals throughout Thailand currently piloting the HIVQUAL-T performance measurement method for HIV/AIDS care that when coupled with quality improvement efforts can assure the quality of care in PEPFAR countries.
		Taksin Hospital is a 450-bed general hospital and one of 9 public hospitals run by the BMA.
	www.usa.or.th /aids2004/factsheettaksinhospital.htm (655 words)

	In the Footsteps of Tony Blair: Thailand Sending Troops to Iraq
		For the second time in less than two weeks PM Taksin, only a month after boasting that Thailand is free and independent of foreign masters upon paying off its IMF loan, has bowed to his masters in Washington and shown Thailand, like the UK and Australia, to be a vassal state of the US empire.
		The large Muslim population of Thailand are rightly outraged by this disregard for international law and subservience to an empire that conducted an illegal war based on contrived evidence and in defiance of the UN.
		While most of the rest of the world is insisting on the rule of law in international affairs, Britain, Australia and now Thailand appear to be vying with one another in groveling to the Bush regime.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4527.htm (339 words)

	Recent response from Morgan Stanley to messages protesting the company's financing of Three Gorges Dam
		The Taksin administration had earlier reached an agreement with the Assembly of the Poor to open the Pak Mun Dam gates for three months during this year's rainy season to conduct environmental and social impact studies.
		Taksin's visit does not seem enough, for as of this writing, which is 5:30pm on May 25, the gates are still kept closed.
		Taksin said to some news reporters that the gates should be open within a few days and that EGAT should observe the order of the Government.
	www.irn.org /programs/pakmun/010531.pmvisit.html (445 words)

	Thailand - THE BANGKOK PERIOD, 1767-1932 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Taksin (1767-82) had slipped away from besieged Ayutthaya and, starting with a handful of followers who quickly grew into an army, organized a resistance to the Burmese invaders, driving them out after a long and arduous war.
		By 1776 Taksin had reunited the Thai kingdom, which had fragmented into small states after the fall of the old capital, and had annexed Chiang Mai.
		Taksin, who eventually developed delusions of his own divinity, was deposed and executed by his ministers, invoking the interests of the state.
	countrystudies.us /thailand/13.htm (147 words)

	Thailand About The Modern Monarchy - King Taksin :: ThailandGateway.Com
		Members of the old royal family of Ayutthaya had died, escaped, or been captured by the Burmese and many rival claimants for the throne emerged, based in different areas of the country.
		King Taksin chose to establish his capital at Thon Buri [ across the river from Bangkok ].
		Although a small town, Thon Buri was strategically situated near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River and therefore suitable as a seaport.
	www.thailandgateway.com /about_thailand/taksin.html (364 words)

	Taksin - Biography of Taksin
		Taksin the Great (鄭昭; pinyin: Zhèng Ch?o; April 17, 1734 - April 7, 1782) was king of Thailand from 1767-1782.
		King Taksin had to fight for most of his reign to keep the independence of the country.
		Thai historians indicate that he started to become a religious fanatic: he believed himself to be the reincarnation of Buddha, and he flogged monks who refused to worship him as such.
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /taksin (579 words)

	Labor Education and Research Network
		Taksin then ordered Labour Minister Somsak Thepsuthin who was with him to study the demand of the workers to end the practice of contract labour system and to bring the petition letter of the workers on the issue to his office for proper action.
		In the latter, the contractors or the subcontactors served as the employer of the workers.
		Taksin was going to address the meeting of the labour officials on that day.
	www.learn.org.ph /inside/0016_2005-12-05.shtml (445 words)

	Amber Nebula Campaign Log - 17. Hijack and the Beanstalk
		Taksin or one of his technical people could easily have traced that message you sent and found out my address, the fact that we are here on Arawne, exactly where we are, and that we are on to him.
		He figured Taksin knew we were here and had sent the message as a warning, so stayed the night under an assumed name at a local hotel.
		If Taksin is as connected as he seems to be, that will just announce our intentions to him, and he'll be able to send an express courier message to Acropolis, and this Manfred goon be waiting there to pick us up when we arrive.
	www.dangermouse.net /gurps/amber/log/2775_07_24.html (2936 words)

	Amber Nebula Campaign Log - 16. Absent Friends
		Taksin is gambling on one of the high-roller tables.
		They are both drinking alcohol, but it seems Paris is trying to make sure Taksin gets at least two drinks to every one she has.
		I've memorised Taksin's address from the details in his wallet, taken the cash, and handed the wallet in to the casino's lost and found office.
	www.dangermouse.net /gurps/amber/log/2775_07_19.html (1891 words)

	Taksin Maharat national park, Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand
		Taksin Maharat national park is located in the Mae Sot district of Tak province.
		Taksin Maharat was officially designated a national park on 23 December 1981, becoming Thailand's 40th national park.
		Taksin Maharat is a rugged mountainous park, often swathed in cooling mists.
	www.trekthailand.net /north50/index.html (431 words)

	Chanthaburi - attraction in city
		Located on Tha Luang Road, in front of the Taksin Military Fort, the helmet shape of the shrine is beautiful and also attractive.
		It is located opposite King Taksin Shrine, and it is not known when it was constructed.
		There is an assumption that King Taksin built it when he used Chanthaburi Province as a military base camp for mustering people, weapons and food for re – establishing country.
	www.thai-tour.com /eng/chanthaburi/attractions.htm (1004 words)

	Feature.
		Aside from revealing pictures and words, the story articulated King Taksin’s struggle to maintain the kingdom’s freedom and keep the people from becoming Burmese slaves during the war with Burma in the year B.E. 2310, 232 years ago.
		King Taksin the Great, whose original name was Sin, was the son of a Chinese man named Hai Hong.
		Taksin was in the priesthood at the same time as a man named Thong Duang.
	www.pattayamail.com /302/taksin.htm (1331 words)

	KING TAKSIN : WARFARE AND NATIONAL REVIVAL
		After the shattering defeat which had culminated in Ayutthaya's destruction, the death and capture of thousands of Thais by the victorious Burmese, and the dispersal of several potential Thai leaders, the situation seemed hopeless.
		King Taksin chose to establish his capital at Thon Buri[ across the river from Bangkok ].
		King Taksin's prowess as a general and as an inspirational leader meant that all attempts by the Burmese to reconquer Siam failed.
	members.tripod.com /~tudtu/taksin.html (389 words)

	PhotoMann Travel Photgraphy - PhotoKids
		Taksin is on top of the 10 foot snow pile created by the plow at the end of our driveway.
		Taksin is exploring along the river in Oriase Gorge with Mommy and Grandma.
		All too often, parents feel that travel is out of the question until children are older, but Tristram firmly believes that one is never too young to hit the road; the secret is in planning ahead...
	photomann.com /photokids (320 words)

	Asean Focus Group - Asian Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Penetrating this Democrat stronghold is one of TaksinÂ’s goals for the 2005 general elections.
		This was understandable: during 2003 TaksinÂ’s government enjoyed general popularity, claiming brilliant success for its programs (including its anti-drugs campaign, 1 million baht village development fund, and its 30 Baht medical scheme), boosted by an increasingly controlled print and television media and a publicity-driven personality cult celebrating Taksin as a successful CEO leader.
		During the major TRT rally on 19th February, P.M. Taksin solemnly denied the DP accusations, but this was belied by the TRT canvassers, who at this rally were offering people 300 Baht for each vote.
	www.aseanfocus.com /asiananalysis/article.cfm?articleID=732 (986 words)

	PhotoMann Travel Photgraphy - PhotoKids
		Taksin is always willing to give his take on everything.
		Taksin and Mommy watch Grandpa retrieve his cell phone which fell in the water under the "Magic Carpet" ride.
		Taksin reacts to this friendly elephant while being held by Grandma.
	www.photomann.com /photokids (377 words)

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