He was speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the bronze statues of the Marudhupandiar brothers at Tepakulam in Madurai.
Chairman of the statue installation committee Pon Muthuramalingam asked the government to "bring the three communities under the common umbrella of Thevars and give them the most backward community status".
The chief minister the matter should be reviewed carefully and in the event of all the communities agreeing, there will be no problem in passing a government order.
Speakers at the function spoke of the valour and courage of the Marudhupandiar brothers who ruled Sivaganga and fought the British in 1801, nearly 60 years before the first war of independence in 1857.
Poet Vairamuthu said Marudhupandiar brothers had never bowed to the British and had set an example for others.
The place where the statues have been installed was the place where the Marudhupandiar brothers practiced throwing the boomerang, members of the organising committee said. Chief minister's son M.K. Azhagiri welcomed the gathering