25Th Of November,is The Anniversary Of The Death Of King Rama V

Vajiravudh Day. Falling on the 25th of November, this is the anniversary of the death of King Rama VI, a king of many talents who earned the epithet

of Somdej Phra Maha Dhira Raj Chao which means the Learned King, because he was an erudite scholar of the humanities, being the only king of Thailand

who has composed large quantities of literary works of various forms. It was King Vajiravudh who first ordered the Thais to adopt family names.