Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

Yesterday, Haryana CM Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the city of Gurgaon will be renamed as Gurgram after a proposal is passed with the cabinet. This came as a surprise to everyone but city residents knew that this process was going for a long time. While this decision is not yet implemented but there

By naukrinama Apr 13, 2016, 19:11 IST

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Gurgaon to be named on the Guru Dronacharya

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Gurgaon is said to be the ancestral village of the Mahabharata legend and instructor of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. He was also a legendary archer and holds a special place in the Indian Culture.

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“Most of us feel the city should be renamed Gurugram to emphasise the fact that this is where Guru Dronacharya used to live. Not many people are aware of it and there is nothing wrong in renaming it,” said the members of the renaming committee.

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Development of the Committee to rename Gurgaon

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Since 2012, there have been plans to change the name of the city by the Municipal Corporation. A committee was formed for that.

Gurgaon Mayor Vimal Yadav, who was part of the committee that recommended the name change to the CM.

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On this occasion, he said to the press, “Most of us feel the city should be renamed Gurugram to emphasise the fact that this is where Guru Dronacharya used to live. Not many people are aware of it and there is nothing wrong in renaming it.”

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Mewat to be named Nuh

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Along with the proposal of the renaming of Haryana, Mewat is also included in the proposal. Mewat is asked to be renamed as Nuh. This decision will also be considered in the upcoming Cabinet meeting.

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Though Khattar has given in-principle approval for the changes, the decision will now be placed before the Haryana cabinet before it is sent to the union government.

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City Officials OK with Renaming

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Renaming the city has a lot of problems as all the legal and official documents have to be remade and some physical things that contain the name of the city have to be redeveloped. However, the city officials said that it will not create troubles for anyone.

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The Mayor, Vimal Yadav said “Corporation officials will be asked to change the name from Gurgaon to Gurugram in all revenue and registry records. All the records are available online and the entire process of changing the name will take about three months.”

There will also be an installation of a statue of Dronacharya in the

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Why Corporate Sector of Gurgaon is Concerned about Renaming?

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Corporate sector is a little concerned about the renaming the city. According to reports, some corporate giants think that renaming the city may bring problems in investments from other places and also degrade the ‘Brand Name’ of the city.

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One official of an MNC stated that the move is confusing as the new name sounds so medieval that new talents will not be lured to be working in the city. He also expressed concerns that consequently it will affect the city’s ability to attract investments.

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Political Leaders on New Name

Haryana Govt to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram, hilarious reactions on the Internet

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Political leaders of BJP have welcomed the move of changing the name of the city to Gurugram. Umesh Agarwal, BJP MLA from Gurugram stated the mythology and said “The demand to change the name to Gurugram has been on for the past 12 to14 years. This place never was Gurgaon. It always was Guru Gaon — village of the Guru. People distorted the name. Guru Dronacharya’s ashram was here — where Kauravas and Pandavas gained their gurukul. Mata Sheetla was his wife. We have a temple in her name in old Gurgaon.”

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Twitter Reactions on New Name ‘Gurugram’

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Twitter was filled with hilarious tweets after the proposal of the renaming of Gurgaon to Gurugram. Here are some popular tweets:

This is Indian way of spending summers. Getting bored? Lets change the maps of our country! Change gurgaon to #Gurugram.
So cool. Nuh?

— Shravan Singh (@shravannsinghh) April 12, 2016

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Since Gurgaon couldn’t quite become the millennial city, maybe Gurugram could be like a massive yoga village.

— Arunabh Saikia (@psychia90) April 12, 2016

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Gurugram as Instagram

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Another hilarious tweet was comparing Gurugram to Instagram.