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Get to know Thai history and Pridi, a 'Great Commoner' via the web

Libraries in famous universities worldwide are usually safe havens for rare historical information.

Occasionally you are bound to find a gem or biographical work concerning the life of an important Thai individual who played a role in the history of Thailand. All of this is kept within the confines of a library outside of Thailand.

So, how many Thais will be able to access this information?

Even respected historian Charnvit Kasetsiri, who once served as the rector of Thammasat University, admitted that as a book lover, and when growing up in a family who loved to read, he himself had rarely heard or read of Thailand's seventh prime minister and senior statesman "Pridi Banomyong".

Pridi played a major role in the civilian faction of the People's Party or "Khana Ratsadon" which carried out the revolution that changed Thailand's absolute monarchy into a constitutional one on June 24