One account of its discovery tells that lightning struck a pagoda in a temple in Chiang Rai, after which, something became visible beneath the stucco.

Populations have dwelled in Chiang Rai since the 7th century and it became the center of the Lanna Thai Kingdom during the 13th century.

Chiang Rai became a province in 1910, after being part of the kingdom of Lannathai for centuries.

From then, Chiang Mai not only became the capital and cultural core of the Lanna Kingdom, it was also the centre of Buddhism in northern Thailand and King Meng Rai built innumerable temples.

During the Burmese rulership of Lannathai the city became deserted, and in 1897 became part of the province Chiang Rai.

Becoming effective on August 28, 1977 it was split off from Chiang Rai again, and became a province of its own.

Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji ( ; 26 February 1630 – 6 October 1661 ) was the seventh of Ten living Guru Ji ' of the Sikhs who became Guru Ji on 8 March 1644 following in the footsteps of His Grandfather, Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji, nominated Five year old Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji, His youngest Son as the next Guru Ji of the Sikhs.

He became Guru Ji on 7 October 1661, succeeding His Father, Guru Har Rai.

In 1987 she became the first female anchor to present the TG1, Italy's most popular television news program on Rai Uno.

Tarundeep Rai became the first Indian to win an individual mens silver medal in archery at the Asian Games on 24 November 2010 in Guangzhou, China.

Though Harivansh Rai Bachchan became excessively critical of Chhayavaad later in his career and was associated with other genres like Rahasyavaad, Pragativaad and Haalaavaad.

Faudel and Les Etoiles du Rai soon became a well-known fixture at the youth club and other local associations in Mantes-la-Jolie.

He also became a Formula One commentator on Italian TV station Rai 1 and remains a popular personality in the paddock.

On 13 September 1901 as part of a broad reorganisation of the Indian Army it became the 10th Gurkha Rifles and the regiment maintained its assigned recruiting areas in the Limbu and Rai tribal areas of eastern Nepal.

In the 1990s she became a professional journalist and TV presenter, and she currently hosts the current affairs programme Italia Rai on RAI International.

It was founded on 31 October 1920 in Bombay by Lala Lajpat Rai and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India.

Rai Bahadur Chunilal left for Mumbai for business opportunities and subsequently became a partner in the Bombay Talkies studio and then in the Filmistan studio.

Ghori, Titular head only, lost to Someshwar dev Chauhan of Ajmer in 1152 and married daughter to Chauhan king and thus became a feudatory of his Chauhan son in law and later his grandson Rai Pithora of Ajmer.

The Princess Mother donated more money to buy 2. 3 hectares of land in Chiang Rai, which became the centre for training in agriculture, weaving and dyeing.

A tale from India about the origin of the Buddha, Prem Sanyas depicts the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama ( portrayed by director Himansu Rai ), the man who became the Buddha, as he journeys from privilege and seclusion to awareness of the inevitability of life's suffering, finally renouncing his kingdom to seek enlightenment.

During this procession, Rai became the target of the lathi charge ( a form of crowd control in which the police use heavy staves or ' lathis ' in Hindi ) led by British police.

The Bijuwa and Nakchhung ( Dhami ) or Priest plays an important role in Rai communities.

Other important figures of this literary movement were Ramdhari Singh ' Dinkar ', Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.

Jaishankar Prasad's Kamayani ( Hindi: क ा म ा यन ी) ( 1936 ) is considered an important magnum opus of this school, followed by Mahadevi Verma's, Nihar ( Mist, 1930 ), Harivansh Rai Bachchan's, Madhushala ( Hindi: मध ु श ा ल ा) ( 1935 ). Ramdhari singh dinkarlohe ke pade hare hogene

Rai stones were and still are used in rare, important social transactions such as marriage, inheritance, political deals, sign of an alliance, ransom of the battle dead or, rarely, in exchange for food.

The city is an important highway hub, with a 4-lane divided highways link to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, as well as major highway to Phrae and eastern Lanna provinces.

Other important persons include Shahabul Haque, Digambar Prasad Yadav, Ataur Rahman, Asad Ali, Saddam Husain, Justice Rajeshwar Prasad Mandal, Advocate and PP Shivneshwari Prasad, Shashi Nath Rai, Mr. Nishant Anand, Mukesh kumar Mishra from Belahi Village and etc.

Rai means thunder, and den means lightning.

The reason Zatch uses lightning spells because his name had the word " Rai ", which means " lightning " in Japanese .< ref >, which he prefers to eat whole.

Chiang Rai province's Golden Triangle bordering Laos and Burma was once the hub of opium production which had much influence on cultural practices and lifestyles.

Along with other contemporary leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Dadabhai Naoroji, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai and Annie Besant, Gokhale fought for decades to obtain greater political representation and power over public affairs for common Indians.

The equivalent for the courts Hindu retainers was Rai.

This ended the dynasty founded by King Meng Rai which had lasted for 300 years.

And the studio head Himanshu Rai called upon his laboratory assistant Ashok Kumar to take the leading man's part and thus began a six-decade-long acting career for that actor.

Devika Rani is also accredited for having acted in the longest kissing scene in the movie world with her husband Himanshu Rai in Karma ( 1933 ).

* She was a student of architecture in London and met Himanshu Rai there, where she had agreed to design the sets for his film production ....

* At the time, Devika Rani also acted with Himansu Rai in a play for U. F. A.

With little room for manoeuvre, Irwin resorted to repression using his emergency powers to arrest Gandhi, ban public gatherings and crush rebellious opposition, leading to the death of Lala Lajpat Rai and the revenge attack of Bhagat Singh.

Actress Aishwarya Rai showcased her navel in a brocade choli and dipped ghagra for the hit song " Kajra Re " in the film Bunty aur Babli ( 2005 ).

* AOT webpage for Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport

* Rai ( also Raai ), the Hindi term for Mustard seeds

Some like literary giant and nonagenarian Kayyara Kiyyanna Rai who was part of the movement since its earliest days still continues to fight for Kasargod's merger with Karnataka albeit peacefully.

The Sikhs thereafter ruled Punjab until 1849, when it was lost in the Second Anglo-Sikh War .. Sardar Karan Narain's son was awarded the title ' Rai Bahadur ' and knighted by the British Raj for switching to their side.

Raja Ala Singh of Patiala, the representative of the crumbling Delhi Sultanate and Rai Kalha II were the principal actors contenders for power in the region.

In the Spring of 1699, on the day of Baisakhi, Guru Gobind Singh Ji ( originally named Guru Gobind Rai Ji ), made it mandatory for all Sikh males to append the name suffix Singh after their name and " Kaur " for Women.

Though such feelings are common with children, Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji would throughout His life be noted for His compassion for life and living things.

Once, Dara Shikoh ( the eldest son of emperor Shah Jahan ), came to Guru Har Rai asking for help in the war of succession launched by his half-brother the murderous Aurangzeb.