Rational or irrational, from now on Gurgaon will be known as Gurugram. Yes, the Millennium City which houses some 250 Fortune 500 companies got its name out of epic roots.Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led government said he was keeping his promise made during elections and changed the name to Gurugram as Guru Dronacharya, the guru of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata, had his ashram here.
The news came as a rude shock to people of the Millennium City, especially those who were sitting at Cyberhub and sipping pinacoladas, who also suddenly realised they were in Gurugram now.
People of ‘Gurugram’ were not even recovering from the news when Twitter took potshots at the government and the name
That Awkward Moment When You Wake Up In #Gurgaon & Going To Sleep In #Gurugram.
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 12, 2016
What do IT guys who lived in Gurgaon call themselves? Programmer, Gurugrammer. #Gurugram
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 12, 2016
Us-- Noida people at #Gurugram announcement. pic.twitter.com/EUP8XEjEYM
— Tavleen Singh Aroor (@Tavysingh) April 12, 2016
gurgaon is #GuruGram
— Tolerant Batman (@shantnoOo) April 12, 2016
Kolakata will be Kilogram
Mumbai will be Milligram
Chennai will be Centigram.....
Plan to make a quick trip to #Gurugram. I shall call it Instagram.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016
#Gurugram more like baba ramdev's instagram
— Aarushi (@the_weirdo__) April 12, 2016
Pic 1: #Gurgaon
— PhD in Bakchodi !! (@Atheist_Krishna) April 12, 2016
Pic 2: #Gurugram
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"Gurugram" is how Sidhu orders cocaine
— Rohan (@mojorojo) April 12, 2016
Gurgaon is now #Gurugram.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016
The city is now confident of winning next year's Graami awards.
(Image: BCCL)#Gurgaon Renamed
— Dibang (@dibang) April 12, 2016
In this age of #Instagram, #Gurugram reminds me of something that's extinct #Telegram#Facepalm Can't decide which is worse