Sri Sitthi Songkhram
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Phraya Sri Sithi Songkhram (original name: Din Tharab; Thai: พระยาศรีสิทธิสงคราม หรือ ดิ่น ท่าราบ; 1891-1933) Siamese military officer, was Chief of Staff of the First Army during the absolute monarchy period, Chief of Operations of the Army briefly during the constitutional monarchy, and deputy of royalist troops during the failed Boworadej Rebellion of 1933. He shot during the Rebellion by Praphas Charusathien. As a youth, he had studied at a military academy in Germany and was a classmate of Plaek Pibulsonggram. His daughter, Amphot Tharab, was mother of Surayud Chulanont, Commander of the Army and Premier of Thailand following the successful army coup of 2006.
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- Eiji Murashima, Democracy and the Development of Political Parties in Thailand 1932-1945, chapter 1 of Eiji Murashima, Nakharin
Mektrairat, Somkiat Wanthana, "The Making of Modern Thai Political Parties", Joint Research Programme Series No.86, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1991
- (Thai) Thai Rath, เส้นทางจุลานนท์ ปฏิวัติ-กบฏ-นายก (Path of Chulanont Revolution-Rebellion-Premier), 5 October 2006