The Thai National Anthem is the title of Thailand's national anthem, which was adopted in its current form on 10 December 1939. It replaced "Sansoen Phra Barami" in 1932, which remains as the royal anthem of Thailand. The melody was composed by Phra Chenduriyang, and the words were made by Luang Saranupraphan. Phleng chāt, literally meaning "national anthem", is a general term for a national anthem. The term is also used to refer to this specific song.
Lyrics of the Thai national anthem, published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette on 10 December 1939
Phleng Chat Siam sheet music (cover page) in 1933
Sheet music of Phleng Chat in 1934, in use with the longer lyrics until 1939
Abhisit Vejjajiva, former prime minister and Suthep Thaugsuban standing and singing the anthem.
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 70 million, it spans 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi). Thailand is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and largest city.
Phra Achana, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park.
The ruins of Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai Historical Park.
Ayutthaya and neighbors, c. 1415 CE.
Painting of Ayutthaya city c. 1665, by Johannes Vingboons