Thailand observes 13 April as traditional Thai New Year’s Day. In 1941 during the reign of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), it adopted the Western New Year date of 1 January. The Government has ...

Colombo, December 27 (Daily Mirror)- The Department of Archaeology has taken steps to preserve an ancient tunnel which is located in the vicinity of Ananda Sastralaya in Kotte and is slated to ...

by King Ananda Mahidol was announced today by the Council of the Regency. > Bangkok, Thailand, July 29, 1941 (U.P.)—Premier Luang Pitul Songgram was named Supreme Commander of Thailand’s armed ...

The death of King Ananda Mahidol who was found shot dead in his bedroom in 1946 at the age of 20 has remained highly controversial. A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father, then killed 14 ...

His father died when he was less than two years old, and when his childless uncle abdicated in 1935, his nine-year-old brother Ananda became King of Thailand. The family lived in Switzerland until ...