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Abhaiwongse Family
Abhayavongsa ( th, อภัยวงศ์; ) is a Thai noble surname used by a Thai family that formerly governed parts of Cambodia which was then ruled by Siam. The Abhayavongsa family governed Phra Tabong Province, Thailand (modern Battambang Province, Cambodia) for six generations from the late 18th century, when Siam annexed the Khmer territories, until 1907, when the area was ceded to French Indochina effectively reuniting it with Cambodia. The title bestowed by the Thai King to the governor of Phra Tabong which was used by each successive governor was Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejr ( th, เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูเบศร์). In later years, the Abhayavongsa family played important roles in the anti-French struggle for Cambodian independence and one descendant became Prime Minister of Thailand. During World War II, Thailand regained control of the western Khmer provinces through Japanese mediation. Khuang Abhayavongsa was elected Prime Minister of Thaila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phiset Phanit
Phra Phiset Phanit ( th, พระพิเศษพานิช), also known as Poc Khun ( km, ប៉ុក គុណ) or Wibun Pokmontri ( th, วิบูล ปกมนตรี), was a member of the Aphaiwong branch of the Cambodian royal family, the brother-in-law of Prime Minister Khuang Aphaiwong of Thailand, and the organizer and leader of the first Khmer Issarak movement founded in 1940 to resist French colonial power in Cambodia. After the Khmer Issarak movement disintegrated due to internal political differences, Phiset was elected to represent Battambang (Phra Tabong) in the Thai parliament during the administration of his brother-in-law. After Khuang resigned as Prime Minister and Thailand again ceded the western Cambodian provinces back to French Indochina, Phiset and former Khmer Issarak members formed the Khmer National Liberation Committee (KNLC) in 1948 to further armed resistance against French rule of Cambodia. The KNLC attempted to distance itself from the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khuang Aphaiwong
Khuang Aphaiwong (also spelled ''Kuang'', ''Abhaiwong'', or ''Abhaiwongse''; th, ควง อภัยวงศ์, ; 17 May 1902 – 15 March 1968), also known by his noble title Luang Kowit-aphaiwong ( th, หลวงโกวิทอภัยวงศ์, ), was three times the prime minister of Thailand: from August 1944 to 1945, from January to May 1946, and from November 1947 to April 1948. Life and career Khuang was born in Battambang (a city in Cambodia), a son of the Siamese governor Chao Phraya Abhayabhubet. The Aphaiwongs were of royal Khmer lineage. Khuang attended Debsirin School and Assumption College, Bangkok, later studying engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France. On his return to Thailand, he worked in the telegraph department, finally becoming director of the department. This earned him the feudal title '' Luang Kowit-aphaiwong''. He married Lekha Kunadilok (Goone-Tilleke), daughter of Ceylon-born lawyer William Alfred Goone-Tilleke, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his long career, most often as both King and Prime Minister of Cambodia. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv ( km, សម្តេចឪ, link=no, ; meaning "King Father"). During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule (until 1953), an independent kingdom (1953–1970), a republic (1970–1975), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), another communist regime (1979–1989), a state (1989–1993) to finally another kingdom (since 1993). Sihanouk was the only child of Prince Norodom Suramarit and Princess Sisowath Kossamak, daughter of King Sisowath Monivong. When his grandfather Monivong died in 1941, Sihanouk became king amidst French colonial rule. After the Japanese occupation of Cambodia duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh ( th, วชิราวุธ, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's movement further towards democracy and minimal participation in World War I. He had keen interests in Siamese history, archaeology, and literature, as well as economics, politics and world affairs, and founded the country's first university, Chulalongkorn University. Education Vajiravudh was born on 1 January 1881 to Chulalongkorn and one of his four queens and half sister Saovabha Phongsri. In 1888, upon coming of age, Vajiravudh received the title ''Krom Khun'' Thep Dvaravati (Prince of Ayutthaya). Prince Vajiravudh was first educated in the royal palace in Thai and English. His full siblings were Bahurada Manimaya, Tribejrutama Dhamrong, Chakrabongse B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suvadhana
Princess Suvadhana ( th, สุวัทนา; , 15 April 1906 – 10 October 1985) was the royal consort of King Vajiravudh (or Rama VI) of Siam. Her original name was Khrueakaeo Abhayavongsa ( th, เครือแก้ว อภัยวงศ์; ). She was born a commoner; her father was Lord Abhayabhupesa (Lueam Abhayavongsa) and her mother was Ms. Lek Bunnag. Life and marriage Khrueakaeo first met King Vajiravudh in 1924 during a dramatic production, in which they both acted. Soon after, Khrueakaeo was renamed Suvadhana and elevated to the rank of a minor consort. Later that same year they were married at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Although King Vajiravudh initiated many Siamese nationalistic policies of the 1920s, his queen Suvadhana was of Khmer descent of Phratabong province (Battambang). Suvadhana's grand aunt, Khun Chom Iem Busba, was the wife of King Norodom I of Cambodia.Sokheounpang. Khmer-Siam Royal Family Tree'' Retrieved 27 January 2013 When Suvadhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phraya Aphaiphubet (Nong)
Aphaiphubet ( th, อภัยภูเบศร) is a Thai noble title granted to some governors of Battambang, who acted as rulers of western Cambodia during the period of Siamese rule from 1794 to 1907. Past titleholders all came from what is now the Abhaiwongse family. Holders of the title included: * Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) ( th, เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูเบศร (แบน), km, ចៅពញាអភ័យធីបែស បែន, ?–1811), also known as Chaofa Talaha (Baen) ( km, ចៅហ្វាទឡ ... * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) * * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Ched) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Som) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Nong) * * Thai titles of nobility Noble titles created in 1794 *Aphaiphubet {{Nobility-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phraya Aphaiphubet (Som)
Aphaiphubet ( th, อภัยภูเบศร) is a Thai noble title granted to some governors of Battambang, who acted as rulers of western Cambodia during the period of Siamese rule from 1794 to 1907. Past titleholders all came from what is now the Abhaiwongse family. Holders of the title included: * Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) ( th, เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูเบศร (แบน), km, ចៅពញាអភ័យធីបែស បែន, ?–1811), also known as Chaofa Talaha (Baen) ( km, ចៅហ្វាទឡ ... * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) * * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Ched) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Som) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Nong) * * Thai titles of nobility Noble titles created in 1794 *Aphaiphubet {{Nobility-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phraya Aphaiphubet (Ched)
Aphaiphubet ( th, อภัยภูเบศร) is a Thai noble title granted to some governors of Battambang, who acted as rulers of western Cambodia during the period of Siamese rule from 1794 to 1907. Past titleholders all came from what is now the Abhaiwongse family. Holders of the title included: * Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) ( th, เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูเบศร (แบน), km, ចៅពញាអភ័យធីបែស បែន, ?–1811), also known as Chaofa Talaha (Baen) ( km, ចៅហ្វាទឡ ... * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) * * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Ched) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Som) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Nong) * * Thai titles of nobility Noble titles created in 1794 *Aphaiphubet {{Nobility-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phraya Aphaiphubet (Baen)
Aphaiphubet ( th, อภัยภูเบศร) is a Thai noble title granted to some governors of Battambang, who acted as rulers of western Cambodia during the period of Siamese rule from 1794 to 1907. Past titleholders all came from what is now the Abhaiwongse family. Holders of the title included: * Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) ( th, เจ้าพระยาอภัยภูเบศร (แบน), km, ចៅពញាអភ័យធីបែស បែន, ?–1811), also known as Chaofa Talaha (Baen) ( km, ចៅហ្វាទឡ ... * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Baen) * * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Ched) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Som) * Phraya Aphaiphubet (Nong) * * Thai titles of nobility Noble titles created in 1794 *Aphaiphubet {{Nobility-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bun Chanmol
Bun Chanmol (Khmer: ប៊ុណ្ណ ចន្ទម៉ុល) was a Cambodian political activist and writer who was executed by the Khmer Rouge after the fall of Phnom Penh. At the beginning of the third millennium, his best-selling political pamphlet, ''Charret Khmer'' (Khmer character), was "perhaps the most widely read book among Cambodians". Biography The youngest prisoner after the Umbrella Revolution Bun Chanmol was born in Cambodia in 1921 close to the Royal Palace as the fourth son of the district governor of Ta Khmau. In 1934, at age 13, he was sent by his family to join the Buddhist monkhood at Wat Langka under the modernist abbot Lvea Em. In 1940, he left the monkhood to start boxing and became one of the top fights of Khmer ''bokator''. After taking part in the Umbrella Revolution led by Son Ngoc Thanh against the French protectorate in Phnom Penh in 1942, he was the youngest prisoner at age 22 sent along with all monks such as Hem Chieu and other pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Issarak
The Khmer Issarak ( km, ខ្មែរឥស្សរៈ, or 'Independent Khmer') was a "loosely structured" anti- French and anti-colonial independence movement. The movement has been labelled as “amorphous”. The Issarak was formed around 1945 and composed of several factions, each with its own leader. Most of the Issarak factions fought actively between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and Cambodia’s independence in 1953. The initial objectives of the Khmer Issarak was to fight against the French in order to gain independence, before later focusing on overthrowing the Cambodian government. The term Issarak originally referred to non-communist, but in the early 1950s the Việt Minh guided- guerrillas branded themselves Issaraks for the sake of unifying other non-communist forces. The Issarak Poc Khun, a highborn Khmer, founded a movement in Bangkok in 1944, and called it the Khmer Issarak for the first time on record. Some of the early Issarak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
