• The year 1957 was the 176th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 12th in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned...
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    support to display the Thai text in this article correctly. Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name...
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  • 1957 Thai general election may refer to: February 1957 Thai general election December 1957 Thai general election This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • General elections were held in Thailand on 26 February 1957. The result was a victory for the Seri Manangkhasila Party, which won 86 of the 160 elected...
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  • 1957 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the...
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    Plaek Phibunsongkhram (category Leaders of political parties in Thailand)
    Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. Phibunsongkhram was a member of the Army wing of Khana Ratsadon, the first political party in Thailand,...
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    economy of Thailand is dependent on exports, which accounted in 2021 for about 58 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Thailand itself...
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  • General elections were held in Thailand on 12 December 1957. They were the first elections after the coup led by Sarit Thanarat. The new Sahaphum Party...
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  • The baht (/bɑːt/; Thai: บาท, pronounced [bàːt]; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 satang (สตางค์, pronounced...
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    Prostitution in Thailand is not itself illegal, but public solicitation for prostitution is prohibited if it is carried out "openly and shamelessly" or...
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    in 1946), the official name of Thailand was changed from the Kingdom of Siam to the Kingdom of Thailand, which is still the official name of Thailand...
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    (Thai: โสมสวลี กิติยากร; RTGS: Somsawali Kitiyakon; on 13 July 1957), is a member of the Thai royal family, and is the former wife of her first cousin King...
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  • The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany...
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    Dhanarajata; Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, pronounced [sā.rìt tʰā.ná.rát]; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai general who staged a coup in 1957, replacing...
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    William Skinner, Chinese Society in Thailand: An Analytical History, New York 1957. "EAST & SOUTHEAST ASIA: THAILAND". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved...
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    The succession of Thai monarchs began with Si Inthrathit at the establishment of the first Thai kingdom in 1238. With brief interruptions, 55 monarchs...
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    Women in Thailand were among the first women in Asia who were granted the right to vote in 1932. They are underrepresented in Thai politics. Yingluck Shinawatra...
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    of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IX, from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch...
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    South Thailand insurgency (Thai: ความไม่สงบในชายแดนภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย; Malay: Pemberontakan di Selatan Thailand) is an ongoing conflict centered in southern...
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    Chulabhorn of Thailand, the Princess Srisavangavadhana (Thai: จุฬาภรณ; Thai pronunciation: [tɕù.lāː.pʰɔ̄ːn]; RTGS: Chulaphon; born 4 July 1957) is a princess...
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  • troops in Vietnam and the number of prostitutes in Thailand is of significance. "In 1957, an estimated 20,000 prostitutes were working in Thailand. By 1964...
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    The Government of Thailand, or formally the Royal Thai Government (Abrv: RTG; Thai: รัฐบาลไทย, RTGS: Ratthaban Thai, pronounced [rát.tʰā.bāːn tʰāj]),...
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    Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin (Thai: ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; exonym and also domestically) are Chinese descendants...
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  • In Thailand, television broadcasting started on 24 June, 1955 (in NTSC). Color telecasts (PAL, System B/G 625 lines) were started in 1967, and full-time...
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    Royal Varuna Yacht Club (category 1957 establishments in Thailand)
    advertisement in the Bangkok Post in April, 1957, seeking boating friends to form a boating club. An Australian, an Italian, two Swiss, and a Thai met at the...
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    The monarchy of Thailand is the constitutional form of government of the Thailand (formerly Siam). The king of Thailand (Thai: พระมหากษัตริย์ไทย, historically...
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    migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of centuries. The word Siam (Thai: สยาม RTGS: Sayam) may have originated from Pali (suvaṇṇabhūmi, "land...
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    as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a 415 km (258 mi) railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat...
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    Ruamrudee International School (category 1957 establishments in Thailand)
    for students in pre-school - grade 12 incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Thailand as a non-profit organization. Founded in 1957 by the Redemptorist...
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    The Siamese revolution of 1932 or Siamese coup d'état of 1932 (Thai: การปฏิวัติสยาม พ.ศ. 2475 or การเปลี่ยนแปลงการปกครองสยาม พ.ศ. 2475) was a coup d'état...
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