Phahurat or Pahurat, sometimes described as Thailand's Little India, is an ethnic neighborhood surrounding Phahurat Road in Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. The area that would become Phahurat was an enclave of Annamese immigrants who came to Siam during the reign of King Taksin. In 1898, a first broke out and paved …Phahurat or Pahurat, sometimes described as Thailand's Little India, is an ethnic neighborhood surrounding Phahurat Road in Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. The area that would become Phahurat was an enclave of Annamese immigrants who came to Siam during the reign of King Taksin. In 1898, a first broke out and paved way for a road which was named "Bahurada", commonly spelled today as Phahurat or Pahurat, by King Chulalongkorn in remembrance of his daughter Princess Bahurada Manimaya who had died at young age.
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