Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone

{{Short description|Indian rebel (1728–1759)}}

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| name = Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone

| image = Maveeran_Alagumuthu_Kone.jpg

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| caption = Alagumuthu Kone statue at chennai

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| birth_date = {{birth date text|11 July 1728}}

| birth_place = Kattalankulam, Thoothukudi

| death_date = {{death-date and age|18 July 1759|11 July 1728}}

| death_place = Nadukaatur, Arcot

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| known_for = Resistance to the British East India Company

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Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone (11 July 1728 – 19 July 1759) was first Indian freedom fighter, from Kattalankulam in Thoothukudi District. He was an Indian polygar who revolted against the British presence. In Tamil Nadu, he waged a war against the Presidency armies in 1750–1759.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XJ8rDwAAQBAJ&dq=alagumuthu+kone&pg=PA113 |title= The Valour |page= 113 |date= 2017|publisher= Educreation Publishing }}

He became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram and ruler of Kattalangulam.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tributes-paid-to-alagumuthu-kone/article7412824.ece|title=Tributes paid to Alagumuthu Kone |date=12 July 2015|

website=The Hindu|language=en|access-date= 12 July 2015}} In 1755, the Alagumuthukone, the war force of Alagumuthukone along with the Travancore force fought against Colonel Eron Keran's army and won.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OyrTY8iVJSAC&q=alagumuthu+servai |title= Thoothukudi District|page= 137 |date= October 31, 2019|publisher= University of California, Berkeley }} Alagumuthu kone was defeated in battle against the British and Maruthanayagam's forces in 1759. By Maruthanayaka's gorilla attack, Alagumuthukone stood smiling in front of the cannons and was blasted by the cannon and shattered into thousands of pieces.

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