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Bhumibol Adulyadej [b] [c] (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was the ninth king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent Asian sovereign, and the third-longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history (after Louis ...
The publicity materials at the Yale University Press website originally described the book as telling "the unexpected story of [King Bhumibol Adulyadej's] life and 60-year rule — how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living Buddha, and how a king widely seen as beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply political, autocratic, and even brutal.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died Thursday, was a stabilising figure in the Southeast Asian nation, which went through tumultuous change during his 70-year reign". Adding that "although the Thai baht and the stock exchange index will remain under pressure, much of the uncertainty premium is already built into the price of both, thus losses will ...
In 1952, King Bhumibol Adulyadej composed the "Royal Marines March" (Thai: มาร์ชราชนาวิกโยธิน), the official march of the Royal Thai Marine Corps. It was the 30th composition by the king. It was first performed on 7 June 1959, during the visit of the American 7th Fleet to Thailand. [1] [2] [3] [4]
NGO activists who embraced the king's sufficiency economy theory to oppose the construction of large-scale dams were rebuffed by Bhumibol, a long-time advocate of dam construction, who claimed that the deforestation caused by dams was a necessary evil to provide consistent energy and water sources for farmers. [citation needed]
Pages in category "Bhumibol Adulyadej" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sculpture of Cao Cao (left) and Tongdaeng (right), King Bhumibol Adulyadej's favorites, at the royal crematorium of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2017.. Tongdaeng (also spelled Thong Daeng, Thai: ทองแดง, lit. "copper"; 7 November 1998 – 26 December 2015) was a female copper-colored mixed breed dog and one of the pets owned by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Being the residence of Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, the late Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, it is the final resting place of two former kings of Chakri Dynasty: King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The temple was established in 1824 by Mahasakti Pol Sep, viceroy during the reign of King Rama III (r. 1824–51). [2]