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As Japan neared defeat and the underground Seri Thai anti-Japanese resistance steadily grew in strength, the pro-Seri Thai National Assembly forced out Phibunsongkhram.

His six-year reign as the military commander-in-chief was at an end.

His resignation was partly forced by two grandiose plans.

One was to relocate the capital from Bangkok to a remote site in the jungle near Phetchabun in northern Thailand.

The other was to build a " Buddhist city " near Saraburi.

Announced during a time of economic difficulty, these plans turned many government officers against him.

Phibunsongkhram went to stay at the army headquarters in Lopburi.