What is Ananda Mahidol?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Ananda Mahidol | title = King Rama VIII | image = King Ananda Mahidol portrait photograph.jpg | caption = King Ananda Mahidol in 1946 | succession = [[King of Thailand]] | reign = {{nowrap|2 March 1935 – 9 June 1946}} | predecessor = [[Prajadhipok]] | regent = {{nowrap|[[Regent of Thailand|Regency Council]] (1935–1944)<br />[[Pridi Banomyong]] (1944–1945)}} | reg-type = [[Regent of Thailand|Regent]] | successor = [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|9|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Heidelberg]], [[Republic of Baden|Baden]], [[Weimar Republic]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|6|9|1925|9|20|df=y}} | death_place = Boromphiman Throne Hall, [[Grand Palace]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] | house = [[:Category:Mahidol family|Mahidol]] ([[Chakri Dynasty]]) | father = [[Mahidol Adulyadej]] | mother = [[Srinagarindra]] | religion = [[Buddhism]] | signature = Ananda Mahidol signature - en.svg }} {{infobox Chinese |title=Ananda Mahidol |pic=Privy Seal of King Rama VIII (Ananda Mahidol).svg |piccap=Privy Seal |picsize=100px |tha=อานันทมหิดล |rtgs=Ananthamahidon }} '''Ananda Mahidol''' ({{lang-th|อานันทมหิดล}}; {{RTGS|''Ananthamahidon''}}; 20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946), also known as '''Rama VIII''', was [[King of Thailand]], reigning from 1935 until his assassination in 1946. Ananda was born in [[Heidelburg]], [[Republic of Baden|Baden]], in the [[Weimar Republic]] and died on June 9, 1946 at the Boromphiman Throne Hall at the [[Grand Palace]] in [[Bangkok]], aged 20. He was believed to have either committed suicide or may have been assassinated. ==References== {{Commons category|Ananda Mahidol}} {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== *{{cite book |last1=Chachavalpongpun |first1=Pavin |author1-link=Pavin Chachavalpongpun |title=Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Singapore |isbn=978-981-16-5288-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYNSEAAAQBAJ}} ==O