Chaophraya Surasakmontri
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Chaophraya Surasakmontri, born as Choem Saeng-Chuto, was a Thai field marshal, nobleman, and businessman. He was best known in Haw wars campaign. He served as Commander of the Department of the Army f
Surasakmontri in 1928
Ngiao rebellion
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The Ngiao rebellion, also called the Phrae City Rebellion and the 1902 Shan rebellion, was an uprising of Tai Yai people against Siamese rule, in what is now Phrae province in northern Thailand betwee
Chaophraya Surasakmontri
…capital of Bang Phra district be moved to Si Racha, which it did. In 1902, King Chulalongkorn gave orders to Chaophraya Surasakmontri to quell the Ngiao rebellion in Phrae province in northern Thailand against Siamese rule and centralization. He would reclaim rebel controlled land, with the leader of Phrae, Chao…
Louis Leonowen was a close friend to Chulalongkorn and organized defenses around Lampang