Thai real life heroes

• King Ram Kamhang: One of the first kings of Thailand. He was a king around 800 years ago. He is not a hero because of war, however. He is our hero because he invented Thai alphabets.
• King Naresoun: The are rumours that Warner wants to make a film about him (because his 'real' life was an epic). I hope Warner did everything right this time because the true story is great enough it does not need any addition. But what I hope even more is to see Thai filmmaker make it first. Anyway, the history goes like this: Naresoun was a only a boy when Siam was concurred by Burma. The king of Burma at that time, I believe, was one of the greatest warriors the world has produced (His name is Bu-reng-nong, if I am correct). Naresoun wanted to free Siam from Burma. In his adult year he managed to form enough resistant (I believe this happened after Bu-reng-nong passed away) and Burma sent a huge army to crash Naresoun's army. Now here is the part that really made it an epic. The army did not really fight until one victored over the other. Our king fought one-on-one with the Crown Prince of Burma, who is his childhood friend/rival, to determine the fate of the country. They fought on elephants using their long sword-spears, and the elephants also fought one another. Can you imagine this scene?   It was a close fight. The Crown Prince of Burma almost managed to kill our king but in the end our king won and the country was free.
• King Taksin: After king Naresourn freed Siam from Burma. Siam were peaceful. The peaceful period lasted for many generations. People were not aware that Burma still wanted Siam. Therefore Siam was taken by Burma again. Taksin led Thai people to fight back and won our freedom again. (Sorry I don't remember much about him). But when Taksin became king, we was betrayed and killed by his general for the throne. However, that bad man could not control the situation and in the end, people did not accept him. Another general was invited by the people to become the new king: Rama I of the Chakri Dynasty.
• Praya Pichai, the 'broken sword' man: He his a soldier who has great skill in Thai boxing and just never give up in any fight. His story is a story of courage in battlefield. He fought so many enemy soldiers until one of his sword broke (Thai soldier uses 2 swords in a fight) and he still fought them till the end (I believe it's when reinforcement arrived and the enemy had to withdraw) and survived.
• Kanom Tom (translated -> hot sweet): The most skillful Thai boxer I ever heard of. I believe he really exists but his story may be rather exaggerated. I heard that he fought and win against 8 Burmese boxer in a single fight.
• King Mongkut: Yes, the great grandfather of Thailand's present king. You all heard of him from the novel 'The King and I'. The real king Mongkut is so great. I've mentioned a lot about him already so I'm not gonna do it here.
• King Chulalongkorn: A great reformer following his father (King Mongkut). He modernized the hospital, road, etc almost everything. King Chulalongkorn is the most beloved king in Thai history.
• King Ananda: Not many people will know much about him. He was murdered in the grand palace. His murderer has never been found (but I think I know who it is, according to the book I read (see book section), but the murderer is dead now). I regard him as one of my hero because I believe it was him that gave courage to our present king (his younger brother) to carry on ruling the country, introducing great reforms, etc despite being constantly pressurized by military dictators.
• King Bhumibol: Our present king. He introduce great reforms in so many poor regions of the country. He is as well loved by the people as King Chulalongkorn.

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