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In June 1973, several university students from Ramkhamhaeng University were expelled for publishing a satire on the ruling government. The satire was related to the Thung Yai hunting scandal that took place in April 1973, when a military helicopter crashed with the loss of senior military officers, family members, wealthy businessmen, and a ...
The events of October 1973 amounted to a revolution in Thai politics. For the first time the urban middle class, led by the students, had challenged the ruling junta, and had gained the apparent blessing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej for a transition to democracy. The leaders of the junta were forced to step down; they took refuge in the United ...
The history of Thailand from 1932 to 1973 was dominated by military dictatorships which were in power for much of the period. The main personalities of the period were the dictator Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who allied the country with Japan during the Second World War, and the civilian politician Pridi Banomyong, who founded Thammasat University and was briefly prime minister after the war.
The year 1973 was the 192nd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 28th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2516 in the Buddhist Era . It most significantly marked by the 14 October uprising , which toppled the military government of Thanom Kittikachorn .
The post-1973 years have seen a difficult and sometimes bloody transition from military to civilian rule, with several reversals along the way. The revolution of 1973 inaugurated a brief, unstable period of democracy, with military rule being reimposed after the 6 October 1976 Massacre.
Thai farm workers. Thailand witnessed several uprisings by farmers from several central Thai provinces in the mid-1970s. Thailand, transitioning to democratic government after nearly forty years of dictatorship was beset by revolution involving several segments of the population. Farmers were one of several politicized groups that rioted on the ...
1957 Thai coup d'état; 1958 Thai coup d'état; 1970s peasant revolts in Thailand; 1971 Thai coup d'état; 1973 Thai popular uprising; 1976 Thai coup d'état; October 1977 Thai coup d'état; 2005–2006 Thai political crisis; 2006 Thai coup d'état; 2008 Thai political crisis; 2009 Thai political unrest; 2010 Thai military crackdown; 2010 Thai ...
This standoff between insurgents and Thai police and military took place in Yala, Thailand on 27 June 2009 at 7:55 am local time. [124] A combined force of 200 district police officers and soldiers of Taskforce 15 sealed off a house in the Bannang Sata district of Yala province after locals tipped them of the presence of separatist militants.