A mafi shaharar ra'ayi na Pattaya shine mutum-mutumi na Admiral Chumphon (Admiral Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak).
Shi ne wanda ya kafa rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Thai. Akwai wasu sanannun abubuwa da za a ambata. Admiral Chumphon bai tsufa ba, shekaru 43 kawai (1880 - 1923). A matsayinsa na ɗan sarki Rama V na 28 (wanda yake da 'ya'ya maza 33 da 'ya'ya mata 44), yana da sha'awar shiga teku tun yana ƙarami. Kafin nan ya tafi Ingila ya yi karatu a can na tsawon shekaru 6 a Royal Navy Academy.
Bayan ya koma Siam (Thailand) ya rike mukamai masu yawa a cikin rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Thai. Ya tabbatar da zamanantar da jiragen ruwa tare da tabbatar da ƙwararrun jami'an rundunar. Sai a shekarar 1922, shekara guda kafin rasuwarsa, ya zama kwamandan sojojin ruwa.
Bayan sha'awar da yake da shi na harkar teku, yana kuma sha'awar ilimin dabi'a, wasan dambe kuma ya kasance mai zane. Ana gudanar da bikin tunawa da shi a kowace shekara a ranar 19 ga Mayu a ranar sojojin ruwa na Royal Thai.
Mutum-mutumi na Admiral Chumphon yana tsaye a kan tudun Pattaya, sanye da kayan sojan ruwa. Kallonsa yayi akan teku. Za a iya karanta tarihin rayuwarsa a cikin Thai kawai. Kamar yadda yake a cikin mutum-mutumi da yawa, wannan ma “gidan ibada ne”, wanda a cikinsa ake ajiye kayan tarihi ko kuma wani lokacin har ma da wani bangare na ragowar.
Admiral Chumphorn zai ba da gudummawa sosai don inganta sojojin ruwa na Thai, amma ba shi ne ya kafa ta ba. Girmamasa a matsayin ɗan Rama V ya yi daidai da bautar tatsuniya na daular Chakri wanda dole ne dukkan abubuwa masu kyau a Thailand su gudana.
A cikin 1893 akwai Paknam ('Bakin Ruwa', kogin Chao Phraya) lokacin da jiragen ruwa na Faransa suka yi tururi zuwa Bangkok don tilasta Siamese su amince da bukatun Faransanci ta hanyar yin barazanar jefa bam a Fadar Sarauta. Siamese suka ba da amsa.
Siamese sun riga sun mallaki jiragen ruwa da yawa a lokacin:
Siamese din kuma sun nutse wasu baragurbi da wani jirgin dakon kaya a cikin kogin, inda suka haifar da kunkuntar hanya daya tilo da Faransawa za su bi.
An jike wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyar a kusa da baraguzan da suka nutse. Su ne kwale-kwalen bindiga na Siamese Makut Ratchakuman, Narubent Butri, Thun Kramon, Muratha Wisitsawat, da Han Hak. Biyu jiragen ruwan yaki ne na zamani yayin da sauran tsofaffin kwale-kwalen bindigogi ne ko kuma masu tukin kogi. An kuma ajiye wata mahakar teku mai dauke da bama-bamai goma sha shida. Yawancin Turawa sun yi aiki a cikin sojojin Siamese a wannan lokacin: wani Admiral na Holland ya ba da umarni ga sansanin, kuma wani mataimakin Admiral na Danish ya ba da umarnin sarauta na Phraya Chonlayutyothin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paknam_incident
@Tino: Kiredit inda bashi ya kamata.
Tuni dai jiragen ruwan Siamese suka fara aiki a lokacin rikicin na Paknam. Kasancewar wani Admiral na ƙasashen waje ya kasance a cikin kwamandan - duba abin da kuka faɗa - ba shi da mahimmanci, saboda dole ne wani ya ba da odar kera waɗannan jiragen da za a yi amfani da su a yaƙi. Wannan babu shakka Sarki Rama V. Jiragen ruwa na cikin sojojin Siamese ne, amma har yanzu ba za ku iya magana game da wani jirgin ruwa na gaske ba.
Admiral Chompon ne ya fara aikin sojojin ruwa na zamani. Ya yi amfani da iliminsa na rundunar sojan ruwa da aka samu a Ingila, inda ya kafa tashar jiragen ruwa a Sattahip da kuma kafa makarantar Royal Thai Naval Academy. Dangane da haɓakawa da ci gaban sojojin ruwa na Thai, ana ɗaukarsa daidai a matsayin "Uban Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Thai".
Duba, da sauransu, labarin mai zuwa a cikin Pattaya Mail:
http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/special-report-abhakara-day-12889
Bayanin ku game da "bautar tatsuniya na daular Chakri" ya isa sosai game da ra'ayin ku game da sanin tarihin Thai, amma ba daidai ba ne.
Masoyi Gringo,
Zan iya yin hira: zance daga hanyar haɗin da kuka buga:
"Ya kwashe shekarunsa na farko yana nazarin yakin ruwa a Ingila kuma ya koma Siam don yin hidima a Rundunar Sojan ruwa ta Royal Siamese kuma ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga ci gaba da zamani ... da dai sauransu"
Don haka ba shi ne ya kafa Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta Royal Thai ba, amma ya ba da gudummawa da yawa, da yawa, a kai, wanda kuma shi ne abin da na yi iƙirari.
Dangane da bautar tatsuniya, duba waɗannan kalmomi a cikin labarinku: 'ibada', wuraren ibada da abubuwan tunawa 200' 'addini…ayyukan'. Ina kiran waccan bautar tatsuniya kuma hakan ya faru ne saboda shi ma ɗan daular Chakri ne. Babu laifi a kan hakan.
Dole ne mu yi magana game da 'sanyar da tarihi ta Thai' daga baya.