Word: pridhi
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...hierarchy of Siamese princes and politicians on the one hand, and the movers & shakers of the Lilliputian empire on the other, is almost irresistible. There is a close parallelism between Phibun Songgram, in-&-outer and erstwhile Jap collaborator, and Admiral Skyresh Bolgolam, whose undying enmity Gulliver incurred; between Pridhi Banomyong and Reldresal, Lilliputian Secretary for Private Affairs, friend and champion of the Man-Mountain; and between Siamese princes of the blood such as Prince Chumphot and the Frelock brothers, who were entrusted with the diplomatic mission into Gulliver's pockets...
Westernization was brought to Siam largely by her own people who went abroad to study. In the 19203 a group of young Siamese revolutionists formed in Paris' Left Bank cafes. Two of them were Pridhi Banomyong and Phibun Songgram, who were to become rivals and to alternate in control of modern Siam. The revolutionists returned in 1932 to stage a coup which made Siam a constitutional monarchy. King Prajadhipok ceased to be the last absolute monarch left in the world...