Thailand History Guide » King Rama VII http://www.thailandhistoryguide.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 End of The Absolute Monarchy in Thailand http://www.thailandhistoryguide.com/end-of-the-absolute-monarchy-in-thailand/ http://www.thailandhistoryguide.com/end-of-the-absolute-monarchy-in-thailand/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:50:08 +0000 thailandhistoryguide http://www.thailandhistoryguide.com/?p=824 King Rama VI’s successor, Rama VII inherited numerous economic and social problems. On June 24, 1932, a small group of foreign-educated military officers and civil servants staged a coup d’etat calling for a constitutional monarchy. The king, who had already been thinking along such lines himself, granted their request. Later, he became disillusioned and abdicated [...]]]> King Rama VI’s successor, Rama VII inherited numerous economic and social problems. On June 24, 1932, a small group of foreign-educated military officers and civil servants staged a coup d’etat calling for a constitutional monarchy. The king, who had already been thinking along such lines himself, granted their request. Later, he became disillusioned and abdicated in 1935, spending the rest of his life in England. Prince Ananda Mahidol, then a boy of 10, was named his successor and a regency council was appointed until he completed his studies in Switzerland.

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