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Place of Birth: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
About Taksin
- Taksin the Great (Thai: ?????????????????????????, RTGS: Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat, listen ) or the King of Thonburi (Thai: ???????????????????????, RTGS: Somdet Phra Chao Krung Thon Buri; simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zhèng Zhao; Teochew: Dên Chao; Vietnamese: Tr?nh Qu?c Anh ???; April 17, 1734 – April 7, 1782) was the only King of the Thonburi Kingdom.
- He had been an Ekatat servant and then was a leader in the liberation of Siam from Burmese occupation after the Second Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, and the subsequent unification of Siam after it fell under various warlords.
- He established the city of Thonburi as the new capital, as the city of Ayutthaya had been almost completely destroyed by the invaders.
- His reign was characterized by numerous wars; he fought to repel new Burmese invasions and to subjugate the northern Thai kingdom of Lanna, the Laotian principalities, and a threatening Cambodia. Although warfare took up most of Taksin's time, he paid a great deal of attention to politics, administration, economy, and the welfare of the country.
- He promoted trade and fostered relations with foreign countries including China, Britain, and the Netherlands.
- He had roads built and canals dug.
- Apart from restoring and renovating temples, the king attempted to revive literature, and various branches of the arts such as drama, painting, architecture and handicrafts.
- He also issued regulations for the collection and arrangement of various texts to promote education and religious studies. He was taken in a coup d'état and executed and succeeded by his long-time friend Maha Ksatriyaseuk who then assumed the throne, founding the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the Chakri dynasty, which has since ruled Thailand.
- In recognition for what he did for the Thais, he is later awarded the title of Maharaj (The Great).
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