Veeran Azhagu Muthu Kone (1681-1739), also known as Alagumuthu konar'and Servaikarar(meaning as Head or Sevice provider to public,(not belongs to Servai Caste) was a Indian revolutionary and Indian independence activist. He is regarded for having raised one of the first revolts against the British

British East India Company

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 in India. Kone belonged to a Konar family and was born and brought up in Kattalankulam, a village in erstwhile Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

Government commemoration

In the State Legislature on 29 April 1994 the government announced to celebrate annually by the Govt, in Tirunelveli the memory of Veeeran Alagumuthu Kone . It was done for the year 1995. Then the government named a Transport Corporation with headquarters at Pudukottai and Government buses were operated with the name “Veeeran Alagumuthu Transport Corporation” on 3 May 1996. On the same day a large bronze statue of Veeran Alagumuthu erected by the government near Madras Egmore Railway station. The statue was opened by Chief Minister Selvi J. Jayalalithaa under the presidentship of Thiru S. Kannappan  Minster for PWD, Highways and Electricity, who had spearheaded the demand for commemoration.

The function was attended by more than 7 lakh

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 of Yadavas who came on 4000 buses and lorries from throughout Tamil Nadu. In that meeting Jayalalithaa announced that the fort built by Veeran Alagamuthu Kone in Kattalankulam in Tuticorin district will be renovated and made a tourist spot. However, following the general election AIADMK was voted out of power, and the DMK government assumed control in June 1996. The new government decided on 22 June 1998 to bifurcate Madurai district

Madurai District

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 and name the new district as Veeran Alagumuthu District with Theni

Theni

Theni is a town in the Western Tamil Nadu state of South India. It is the headquarters of Theni District. It is known for the large-scale trading of Cardamom, Cotton, Grapes, chilli and Textiles. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India...

as its headquarters.