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Thai National Anthem

melody completed 6 July 1932; present words adopted 10 December 1939 · 20th century · Also known as เพลงชาติไทย, Phleng Chat Thai

Before 1932 the royal anthem "Sansoen Phra Barami" served as Siam's anthem in fact. Phra Chenduriyang, a royal music adviser to the court, recalled in an autobiography written in 1954 that his friend Luang Nithetkolakit of the Royal Siamese Navy had asked him for a new "national anthem of Siam" in the manner of La Marseillaise; loyal to the king, and wary of the rumours of a coup, he put the request off.

Songs in history

Thai National Anthem1932

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Thai National Anthem. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thai-national-anthem
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