There is a story for the reason why this city is named Pattaya. In 1767,
before the second fall of the Thailand former capital, Ayuthaya, to Burmese,
Phraya Kampangpetch named Tak Sin (became King Tak Sin later) believed that
weak army in the former capital could not win the war from Burmese during that
time. Then he, Phraya Kampangpetch, gather Thai soldiers to fight for heading
southeast of Thailand in order to develop a new strategy and collect more soldiers
to fight back Burmese army.