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The Form of Address for Women Act 2008 mandates that married or divorced women can choose to use either Nang or Nangsao before their given names. It gives a married woman the right to change all her documents (ID card, driver's license, bank account) to include the title Nangsao before her given name. [1]
First, in 1939, he changed the country's name of Siam to Thailand (Prathet Thai) (Thai: ประเทศไทย). This is based on the idea of a "Thai race", a Pan-Thai nationalism whose program is the integration of the Shan , the Lao and other Tai peoples , such as those in Vietnam, Burma and South China, into a "Great Kingdom of Thailand ...
Wichitwathakan was chairman of the committee which proposed changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand at the state convention in 1939. He led an irredentist campaign after being presented a map produced by Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient showing the Thai race inhabiting the areas of Siam, Burma, and southern China.
On 24 June 1939, Phibun changed the country's official English name from "Siam" to "Thailand" [7] [8] at Wichitwathakan's urging. [citation needed] The name "Siam" was an exonym of unknown and probably foreign origin, which conflicted with Phibun's nationalist policies. [citation needed]
Thailand, [i] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ii] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [ 8 ] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [ 9 ]
Under the 1992 Nationality Act, naturalisation as a Thai citizen requires five years of residence in Thailand, Thai language proficiency, as well as proof of a certain over 80,000 baht income and pay income tax over five years, and a declaration of intent to renounce one's previous citizenship. However, for foreign women married to Thai men ...
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In 1939, when the name of the country was changed from Siam to Thailand, a competition was launched to create new lyrics, with those by Luang Saranupraphan winning. References [ edit ]