Friday, February 15, 2008

Top 10 achievements by the kings of the Chakri Dynasty

10. King Rama I (King Buddha Yot Fu Chulaok) built the Grand Palace. It is important because it is a popular tourist attraction and it’s the home for the Emerald Buddha.

9. King Rama V (King Chulalongkorn Phra Chulachomklao-Piya Maharaj) introduced railways for the first time. The purpose of this is, it helped improve economy of Thailand because transportation became easier.

8. King Rama VI (Phra Vajiravudh – Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua) adopted surnames for the Thai people. This made it easier for identification in legal documents causing less chaos.

7. King Rama V (King Chulalongkorn Phra Chulachomklao-Piya Maharaj) provided the Thai people with standard syllabus which helped the children have better education with little money.

6. King Rama VI (Phra Vajiravudh – Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua) brought the compulsory education for the primary school children which helped improve the literacy rate in Thailand.

5. King Rama I (King Buddha Yot Fu Chulaok) established the Capital City
‘Krungthep’ which is still the Capital of Thailand. This helped the Thai citizens avoid
invasions from Burma.

4. King Rama VI (Phra Vajiravudh – Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua) changed the
flag design and color which is used today. It represents Thailand with tricolor in the
world today with Nation,

3. King Rama IV (King Mongkut-Phra Chom Klao) signed treaties with America, France, and other European Countries. This is important because it helped avoid Thailand from being colonized by Britain and France.

2. King Rama IX (King Bhumibol Adhulyadej) is improving poor people’s living conditions. It is important because it is reducing the poverty in Thailand.

1. King Rama VII (King Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chaoyuhua) helped establish Constitutional Monarchy. This is important because it gave the people of Thailand the right to vote for their political leaders.


Done by: Jane, Shaali and Keun-sub

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