King Chulalongkorn
1853-09-20THE BIOGRAPHY
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: āļāļĢāļ°āļāļēāļāļŠāļĄāđāļāđāļāļāļĢāļ°āļāļĢāļĄāļīāļāļāļĢāļĄāļŦāļēāļāļļāļŽāļēāļĨāļāļāļĢāļāđ āļāļĢāļ°āļāļļāļĨāļāļāļĄāđāļāļĨāđāļēāđāļāđāļēāļāļĒāļđāđāļŦāļąāļ§), or Rama V (20 September 1853 â 23 October 1910), was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang(āļāļĢāļ°āļāļļāļāļāđāļāđāļēāļŦāļĨāļ§āļ â The Royal Buddha). His reign was characterized by the modernization of Siam, government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina. As Siam was threatened
