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Din Tharab studied at a military academy in

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where he was a classmate with Phot Phahonyothin and Thep Phanthumasen. He received several royal titles, eventually becoming

Sitthisongkhram. He was invited by his two classmates to join the

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(People's Party) to revolutionize Siam, but he refused. He knew the whole plan but did not oppose it. An outspoken royalist, on 11 October 1933, he joined Prince Boworadet in a rebellion to restore power to King Rama VII, who had surrendered it the previous year to the People's Party after its successful coup. Initially, the

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positioned itself at Don Mueang and

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, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok. After a week-long fight, however, rebel forces were driven away from Bangkok. From then on, the government troops gained momentum and kept advancing on the rebellion's headquarters at

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. On 23 October government troops charged Phraya Si Sitthisongkram's defensive position. The battle was fierce, ending in

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fighting. Phraya Si Sitthisongkhram was shot and killed near Hin Lap railway station by Lieutenant

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, who 40 years later would become one of the "three tyrants" deposed in the October 1973 uprising. The following day, Prince Boworadet fled to

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and the revolt ended. Phraya Si Sitthisongkhram's daughter, Amphot Tharap, was the mother of General Surayud Chulanont, Commander of the Army and Prime Minister of Thailand following the successful army coup of 2006.

Notes

:1. ''Phraya'' is a Thai honorific, a title of ancient Thai civil nobility between พระ (''Phra'') and เจ้าพระยา (''Chao Phraya'').

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