Aftermath and Legacy
The coup was the first (many would follow in subsequent years) that was successfully instigated or led by the military against a civilian government. A legacy which still looms large over Thai politics today. However bloodless the coup was the start of a dictatorial regime worse than the one that it had replaced.
Pridi Phanomyong eventually returned to Siam on 29 September 1933, not returning to government immediately. He instead became an academic and founder of Thammasat University in 1934. He would eventually become one of the most important players in Thai history during the Second World War becoming Regent of Thailand (1944–1946) and Prime Minister of Thailand in 1946; however label of communist would never leave him. A Thai central bank, the Bank of Thailand was in the end founded in 1942, when Pridi was in government.
Many issues, chiefly those concerning the role of Prajadhipok, were however never resolved and would eventually lead to the Boworadet Rebellion later that year.
Read more about this topic: Siamese Coup D'état Of 1933
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