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Gurgaon will now be called Gurugram and Twitter had the most hilarious reactions

New Delhi: Haryana city Gurgaon has new name now, ‘Gurugram’. The government of Haryana took the decision today and in the official statement released by them said that the decision was taken on the basis

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New Delhi: Haryana city Gurgaon has new name now, ‘Gurugram’. The government of Haryana took the decision today and in the official statement released by them said that the decision was taken on the basis of representations received across different forum.

The official spokesperson said that Gurgaon has been the land of learning since time immemorial. Said the spokesperson,

“Haryana is the historic land of Bhagwad Gita and Guragon has always been a centre of learning. It was referred to as Gurgaon since the times of Guru Dronacharya. It has been a really long time since people demanded the name change from Gurgaon to Gurugraam.”

Not only is Gurgaon’s name changed but Mewat, a district in Haryana, will be now called ‘Nuh’. The spokesperson said that people of the area and elected representatives suggested the name change.

Also Read: Haryana government rechristens Gurgaon as Gurugram, Mewat as Nuh

As soon as the news broke, many took to Twitter to express their feelings. Many did not particularly like the idea of calling the development hub Gurugraam and came up with hilarious tweets. Here are a few of them to tickle your funny bones.

Gurgaon to be renamed as #Gurugram

In other news, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad & Dwarka celebrated. They are no longer the sad cousins!

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) April 12, 2016

#Gurugram? Really? So Noida just became a little cooler!

— Arunoday Mukharji (@ArunodayM) April 12, 2016

#Gurugram may have been OK a few decades ago, but wouldn't GuruKilo have been more appropriate now? Nuh ? Ok, then...

— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) April 12, 2016

Shakespeare~ What's in a name?

Haryana Govt~ Sut Up rey chhorey.#Gurgaon to #Gurugram

— ruchi kokcha (@ruchikokcha) April 12, 2016

Time to rename Delhi as Indraprstha. #Gurugram

— Asutosh Mohanty (@Asutosh9111) April 12, 2016

GURGAON to #Gurugram
mtlb kuch bhi pic.twitter.com/qQqORRETzA

— ^^ BUTT€R SCOTCH ^^ (@onlyhetu) April 12, 2016

Did they announce a new name of Gurgaon or is it Akshay Kumar's next movie Awara pagal deewana 2 character name #Gurugram

— Akshay (@ComedyBanda) April 12, 2016

#GurGAON or #Gurugram what difference does it make?? Meaning of GAON or Gram is village anyways

— Sachin Singh (@sachinsingh1010) April 12, 2016

Inspired by Instagram #gurugram

— MS Tanwar (@mstanwar28) April 12, 2016

हाँ, कल GURUGRAM भी जाना है ! #gurugram #Gurgaon

— Panky (@panky26) April 12, 2016