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Phetxarāt
Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (''Somdej Chao Maha Uparaja Petsaraj Ratanavongsa ''() (19 January 1890 – 14 October 1959) was the 1st Prime Minister of Laos, Prime Minister of Luang Phrabang in French protectorate of Laos, French Laos from 21 August 1941 to 10 October 1945, and Lao Issara, Head of State of Laos between 12 October 1945 and 24 April 1946. Biography Early life Phetsarath was born on 19 January 1890 in the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang, Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Siam, the second son of Oupahat Bounkhong and his second wife, Princess Thongsy. One of his younger brothers was Souvanna Phouma. Bounkong's eleventh wife was the mother of Souphanouvong. Luang Phrabang became a French protectorate of Laos, French protectorate in 1893. Phetsarath went to study at the colonial Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat in Saigon and continued on in 1905 at the Lycée Montaigne (Paris), Lycée Montaigne and to the École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer, École coloniale in Paris. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uparaja
Uparaja is a noble title reserved for the viceroy in India and the Buddhist dynasties in Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, as well as some of their minor tributary kingdoms. It is ultimately from Sanskrit उपराज ''upa- rāja'' equivalent to and respectively in Latin. India The viceroy in the Indian Magadha Empire was titled Uparaja (lit. vice king). Burma The Great Deputy King, in full Maha Uparaja Anaukrapa Ainshe Min, incorrectly interpreted as Crown Prince by Europeans, and addressed as His Royal Highness, was the single highest rank among the Min-nyi Min-tha, i.e. princes of the royal blood. It is shortened to Ainshe Min (, ). However, the position was not reserved for the highest birth rank (if there is one, ''Shwe Kodaw-gyi Awratha'', i.e. eldest son of the sovereign, by his chief Queen), nor did it carry a plausible promise of succession, which was usually only settled in an ultimate power struggle. Cambodia The word Ouparach () is derived from both Sanskr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
