Rama IX was highly revered by the people in Thailand – some saw him as close to divine.
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27 Facts About Rama IX
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Rama IX's cremation was held on 26 October 2017 at the royal crematorium at Sanam Luang.
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Rama IX was the youngest son of Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince of Songkla, and his commoner wife Mom Sangwan.
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Rama IX's father was enrolled in the public health program at Harvard University, which is why Bhumibol was the only monarch to be born in the US.
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Rama IX's father died of kidney failure in September 1929, when Bhumibol was less than two years old.
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Rama IX briefly attended Mater Dei school in Bangkok, but in 1933 his mother took her family to Switzerland, where he continued his education at the Ecole nouvelle de la Suisse romande in Lausanne.
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Rama IX was then 15 years old and training to be a concert pianist.
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Rama IX injured his back, suffered paralysis in half of his face and incurred cuts on his face that cost him the sight of his right eye.
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Rama IX met his mother, who asked her to continue her studies nearby so that Bhumibol could get to know her better.
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Rama IX was ordained by the Supreme Patriarch on 22 October 1956 at the Royal Chapel of the Emerald Buddha in the Grand Palace.
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Rama IX was later appointed Queen Regent in recognition of this.
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Rama IX summoned Suchinda and the leader of the pro-democracy movement, retired Major General Chamlong Srimuang, to a televised audience, and urged them to find a peaceful resolution.
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Rama IX claimed that General Panlop Pinmanee, a leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, had told him of the briefing.
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Rama IX was admitted to the hospital in October 2007 and diagnosed with a blood shortage to his brain.
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Rama IX received treatment for various ailments including heart problems and was released after three weeks.
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Rama IX was diagnosed with diverticulitis in hospital in November 2011, and was treated for the condition in January 2012.
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Rama IX had been in kidney failure for some time and received dialysis.
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Rama IX noted how, in comparison to the Constitutional Court's 2001 acquittal of Thaksin, the judiciary was a much more important part of the "network" than it was in the past.
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Rama IX kept a carbine, a Sten gun and two automatic pistols in his bedroom, and he and his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, often used the gardens of the palace for target practice.
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Rama IX continued to compose even during his reign following his coronation in 1946.
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Rama IX was the first Asian in both cases to be honored as such.
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Rama IX won a gold medal for sailing in the Fourth Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in 1967, together with Princess Ubol Ratana whom he tied for points.
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Rama IX produced several small sailboat designs in the International Enterprise, OK, and Moth classes.
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Rama IX's parents stripped her of her royal title and banished her from the court, not returning to Thailand for nearly 8 years.
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Rama IX's title is often translated by the English-language press as "Crown Princess", although her official English-language title is simply "Princess".
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