Gurugram-the new name of Gurgaon, said Manohar Lal Khattar
Gurugram-the new name of Gurgaon, said Manohar Lal Khattar
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Gurgaon, the city which is famous for their MNCs,like TCS ,Microsoft ,Wipro ects. Is all set to change their old name and get a new one-“Gurugram”

On Tuesday ,Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana’s CM) introduced the decision along with Mewat, which will be known as Nuh.

Khattar, only given approval for the new name, but the final decision will be placed before the Haryana Cabinet prior it is sent to the union government.

Vimal Yadav ( Gurgaon’ s Mayor) said , “In the past two years, after various meetings of the House, the resolution to change the name was passed thrice. This is a positive step and will only draw all of us closer to the rich heritage Gurgaon once had — which we all have forgotten about as a result of urbanisation,”

The name of Gurgaon was inspired from Mahabharata, in which Guru Dronacharya,the instructor of Pandavas and Kauravas, as per the committee

Committee member said, “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,”

“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,” said Yadav. 

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