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The first mandate, On the name of the country, people and nationality, issued 24 June 1939, cited "public preference" for changing the name of the country. It consisted of one item: "The country, people and nationality are to be called 'Thai'."
Thaification is a byproduct of the nationalist policies mandated by the Thai state after the Siamese coup d'état of 1933.The coup leaders, said to be inspired by Western ideas of an exclusive nation state, acted more in accordance with their close German nationalist and anti-democratic counterparts to effect kingdom-wide dominance by the Central Thai culture.
Thai cultural mandates; Thai cultural restoration of 1946–48; Thai funeral; Thai greeting; Thai honorifics; Thai kites; Thai literature; Thai name; Thai National Anthem; Thai numerals; Thai Sign Language; Thai six-hour clock; Thai spelling reform of 1942; Thai studies; Thai topknot-cutting ceremony; Thai units of measurement; Thai-Bharat ...
Thai cultural restoration of 1946–48 was the cultural and social policy of the government of Khuang Aphaiwong and Pridi Banomyong following Thailand's participation in World War II. It abolished the Thai cultural mandates that had been introduced between 1939 and 1942 by the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the goal of modernising the ...
Supported by writings by his cultural advisor Luang Wichitwathakan, the country's official name was changed from Siam to Thailand in 1939, and cultural mandates and reforms that aimed to define Thainess were implemented to promote national assimilation of Chinese immigrants and other non-Thai-speaking minorities in a process known as Thaification.
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His goal aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and a newness into Thai life. A series of cultural mandates were issued by the government, which encouraged all Thais to salute the flag in public places, learn the new national anthem and use the standardised Thai language (not regional ...
List of former Thai League teams; List of governors of Lop Buri; List of honours of Thailand awarded to heads of state and royalty; List of honours of the Thai Royal Family by country; List of international schools in Thailand; List of loanwords in Thai; List of luk khrueng people; List of markets in Bangkok; List of monarchs of Laos