The Indian city #Gurugram, formerly known as Gurgaon, has been trending on Twitter since Tuesday evening. Twitter users are still wondering why the government wasted time and money on the name change and are questioning the reasons behind this switch, suggesting alternate names for other cities and playing with rhymes and references to Instagram. Check out some of the tweets:
Gurugram sounds like a messenger app for Teachers. #Gurgaon
— Abhishek Upadhya (@_logik) 12 апреля 2016 г.
Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & Bengaluru have just sent friend request to Gurugram today.
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) 12 апреля 2016 г.
How many grams make a #Gurugram?
— Namit (@crazyphoton_) 13 апреля 2016 г.
Gurgaon now called #Gurugram. When will Telangana be called Telegram, Digboi be called Diagram,Anand called Anagram and Monohurpur Monogram.
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) 12 апреля 2016 г.
Gurgaon renamed to #Gurugram
— kanika handa (@kanikahanda) 12 апреля 2016 г.
At this rate Kerala will be called Kilogram and India will be renamed as Instagram
What do IT guys who lived in Gurgaon call themselves? Programmer, Gurugrammer. #Gurugram
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) 12 апреля 2016 г.
How would like to be called collectively, people of Gurugram?
— Karthik Srinivasan (@beastoftraal) 12 апреля 2016 г.
Gramvasiyon?
Gurulog?
Grammars?
Gur naal ishq mitha oye hoye…
What would people of Gurugram like to be called? • Graameen (ग्रामीण) or or Gurulog or Grammars?
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) 13 апреля 2016 г.
Alas, people who live in Gurgaon — Gurgaonites, shall now be referred to as Gurugramites.
Gurgaon is a city in the Indian state of Haryana. Popularly known as Millennium City, it has become a leading financial and industrial hub with the third highest per capita income in India. The state government announced that it will rename the city of Gurgaon to Gurugram to satisfy the demand of locals.
According to a legend, Gurgaon was derived from the name of Guru Dronacharya, a master of archery in Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic poem. The village was given as a gurudakshina (gift) to him by his students — the legendary rulers Pandavas and Kauravas — and came to be known as Gurugram, literally meaning "village of the Guru", which over time became distorted to Gurgaon.
