How far is the 1932 revolution in Thailand a revolution?

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How far is the 1932 revolution in Thailand a revolution?

I agree that Thailand 1932 revolution is a revolution in nature to a large extend. On 24th of June 1932, the Khana Ratsadon (People’s Party) toppled the government of the King and the Supreme Council of princes and established a constitutional monarchy with the King as the nominal head of state and a military dictatorship in real power.① The party had promised a staged democratization.② This event can be considered as a revolution as it brought about a drastic change in power and form of government (from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy and it does have a long lasting legacy as it is the beginning of real modern Thailand. However it does resemble a revolt as it began with the military seize power and received minor responses from the masses.  

It is a revolution as there is a change form of government. Before the revolution, Thailand had been under an absolute monarchy for thousands of years.③ The King had the absolute power and enjoyed a lot of privileges, e.g. the right to pardon.  However after the revolution the King were striped off his privileges and power and had to rule under the constitution. For example, King Prajadhipok did not receive the right to even choose his own heir when he was forced to abdicate. ④The 1932 Constitution stated that the veto of the King to any proposals could be overruled by the popular vote of the parliament.⑤ In the 1932 Revolution, the absolute monarchy was replaced by a constitutional monarchy and thus it can be considered a revolution as it brought about a change in the form of government.

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The 1932 Revolution is regarded as the beginning of modern Thailand as it has influenced the Thai society greatly. This revolution has brought to Thailand the sense of nationalism and democracy. The new government was able to cancel some of the extraterritorial rights enjoyed by the foreigners through unequal treaties.⑥ It also brought about the ideology of democracy for the first time. Pridi, one of the promoters, founded the pro-democratic Thammasat University⑦ which played an important role in the democratic movement in the 1980s and 1990s. This is similar to the Chinese 1911 Revolution. Dr Sun, the leader of ...

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