Thenkumariyin Kathai - History of Kanyakumari District by A.KPerumal (தென்குமரியின் கதை )
Picked this book in chennai book fair , very much excited to know the history of my district.Author cover the history of kanyakumari district from AD 1 - 1956 . Few information from this book .... First bus service started ( Nagercoil )from 1913 Burtons steam buses was running from Nagercoil to Trivandrum took 8 Hr to cover this distance in 1919 !! ( now we can reach this distance in 1-1.5 hr ) Mahatma Gandhi has traveled to Kanyakumari for 4 times 1925 first time 1927 Oct 8 1934 Jan 23 1937 Jan 15 1956 Kanyakumari district merge with Tamil Nadu Life of kings and Queens , peoples culture , people struggle .. Good to know all the information .Plan to read some more book on this topic . If you want to understand the present then you need to know the history !!