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Si Sitthisongkhram ( th, พระยาศรีสิทธิสงคราม) or birth name Din Tharap ( th, ดิ่น ท่าราบ; 10 May 1891–23 October 1933) was a Siamese career army officer. He became chief of staff of the First Army under the absolute monarchy, and was chief of operations of the army briefly during the post-1932 constitutional monarchy. He served as deputy commander of the royalist troops during the failed Boworadet Rebellion of 1933.

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Din Tharab studied at a military academy in

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where he was a classmate of

Plaek Pibulsonggram Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( th, แปลก พิบูลสงคราม ; alternatively transcribed as ''Pibulsongkram'' or ''Pibulsonggram''; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. ( th, จอมพล � ...

. He received several royal titles, eventually becoming

Sitthi Songkram. An outspoken royalist, on 11 October 1933, he joined

Prince Boworadet Prince Boworadej ( th, พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าบวรเดช; ; 3 April 1877 – 16 November 1953) was a Thai attempted-coup leader in 1933, so call ''Boworadet rebellion'', government official, a ...

in a rebellion to restore power to King

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, who had surrendered it the previous year to the People's Party after its successful coup. Initially, the

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positioned itself at Don Mueang and Bang Khen, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok. After a week-long fight, however, rebel forces were driven away from Bangkok. From then on, the government troops gained momentum and kept advancing on the rebellion's headquarters at

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. On 23 October government troops charged Phraya Si SithiSongkram's defensive position. The battle was fierce, ending in

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fighting. Phraya Si SithiSongkram was shot and killed by Lieutenant Praphas Charusathien, who 40 years later would become one of the "three tyrants" deposed in the October 1973 uprising. The following day, Prince Boworadet fled to

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and the revolt ended. Phraya Si SithiSongkram's daughter, Amphot Tharap, was the mother of General Surayud Chulanont, Commander of the Army and Prime Minister of Thailand following the successful army coup of 2006.

Notes

:1. ''Phraya'' is a Thai honorific, a title of ancient Thai civil nobility between พระ (''Phra'') and เจ้าพระยา (''Chao Phraya'').

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