It's not the first time the name of a city has been changed but the latest to join the club is Gurgaon, corporate hub on the outskirts of Delhi, which the Haryana government has decided to rename as Gurugram. The decision, in fact, is rooted in a 2012 proposal made by the municipal corporation, wherein the committee set up to look into the matter suggested it should be renamed as Gurugram because it is believed to be Guru Dronacharya's ancestral village. Well, Gurugram? Really? The sudden change of name has become the talk of the town and people actually cant stop joking. Many took to social media to vent and share their 'opinion' on the issue. Gurgaon is now #Gurugram. The city is now confident of winning next year's Graami awards. — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016 Gurgaon now called #Gurugram. When will Telangana be called Telegram, Digboi be called Diagram,Anand called Anagram and Monohurpur Monogram. — Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) April 12, 2016 It's not only Padma awards which matters, Thank You Haryana government for changing name of Gurgaon to honor my character in Guru movie. — Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbacchhan) April 13, 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 #Gurugram's rich and not-so-famous can call their city Gurukool if the new name doesn't make them happy. #gurgaon — Soutik Biswas (@soutikBBC) April 12, 2016 Plan to make a quick trip to #Gurugram. I shall call it Instagram. — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016 I left #Gurgaon, I return to #Gurugram I feel like Tom Hanks in 'The Terminal'. pic.twitter.com/r8UujoNTjL — Pierre Fitter (@pierrefitter) April 12, 2016 I thought its a new name of Gudang Garam cigarettes #GuruGram — Retarded Writer (@retardedwriter) April 12, 2016 Since Gurgaon couldn't quite become the millennial city, maybe Gurugram could be like a massive yoga village. — Arunabh Saikia (@psychia90) April 12, 2016 Gurugram. Because GuruKilogram was too mainstream. #Gurgaon #Gurugram — Aurindam (@Aurgho_) April 12, 2016 PseudoSeculars will desert #Gurgaon as #GuruGram is outright communal — Ashok Garekar (@DrGarekar) April 12, 2016 Property prices of #Gurgaon has crashed by 50% after its renaming as #GuruGram — Ashok Garekar (@DrGarekar) April 12, 2016 How would like to be called collectively, people of Gurugram? Gramvasiyon? Gurulog? Grammars? Gur naal ishq mitha oye hoye. — Karthik Srinivasan (@beastoftraal) April 12, 2016 Gurgaon's name has been changed to Gurugram?! What the heck man. Stole my idea of an Instagram like app where babajis could upload selfies. — Akshar (@AksharPathak) April 12, 2016 Gurgaon has been renamed Gurugram. Who are they kidding, for my grandpa it will always remain Gurgaanvaa!! (गुड़गाँवा) — Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) April 12, 2016 Gurgaon will now be called Gurugram. Instagram will now be called Instagaon. — Ajith (@ajith27) April 12, 2016 Gurgaon to #Gurugram, now wating hyderabad to rename Hologram,kerala to kilogram.Achche din aa gaye pic.twitter.com/cWnyJRiuAp — Nadir siddiki (@nadir_siddiki) April 13, 2016
