Twitter explodes with jokes after Gurgaon gets renamed to Gurugram'
For those who don't know, Gurugram is said to be the place's historical name, according to the ancient epic Mahabharata.
It’s been hardly 24 hours since the Haryana government changed the name of Gurgaon city to ‘Gurugram’ and Mewat to ‘Nuh’. Obviously, people on social media are having a field day with this sudden and unexpected announcement by cracking some really hilarious jokes about it.
For those who don’t know, Gurugram is said to be the place’s historical name. According to legend, some of the villages in the area were gifted by the Pandavas and Kauravas to Guru Dronacharya from the ancient epic Mahabharata. A Harayana government spokesman was even quoted saying, “Haryana is a historic land of the Bhagwad Gita and Gurgaon (now Gurugram) has been a centre of learning.”
So, we’ve collated some of the funniest tweets circulating on social media about this recent name-change:
Gurugram sounds like Instagram for teachers.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 12, 2016
"Gurugram" is how Sidhu orders cocaine
— Rohan (@mojorojo) April 12, 2016
How would like to be called collectively, people of Gurugram?
— Karthik Srinivasan (@beastoftraal) April 12, 2016
Gramvasiyon?
Gurulog?
Grammars?
Gur naal ishq mitha oye hoye...
Good news for ladies. Now they can step out after 8 pm in Gurgaon. (Because it doesn't exist.)
— वरà¥à¤£ (@varungrover) April 12, 2016
Dronacharya weighed about 68 kgs. Or, you could say, 68,000 Gurugrams.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016
Can we please change the name of Haryana to 'Bachaogram'?
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) April 12, 2016
So, where do you live?
— §μpaar (@supaarwoman) April 12, 2016
Nuh
Where?
Nuh
What?
Nuh
Where?
NUH NUH NUH NUH NUH RE NUH RE NUH RE
Gurugram doesn't sound like a city, it sounds like an app.
— Ripper (@Ace_Of_Pace) April 12, 2016
Gurugram sounds less like a city and more like a depressing Munshi Premchand novel.
— Abhishek Madan (@abhishekmadan) April 12, 2016
After Gurgaon, please change the name of Noida to No-Idea. Because people there have no idea about road sense and traffic signals.
— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) April 12, 2016
What do IT guys who lived in Gurgaon call themselves? Programmer, Gurugrammer. #Gurugram
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 12, 2016
Gurgaon has been renamed Gurugram. Who are they kidding, for my grandpa it will always remain Gurgaanvaa!! (à¤-à¥à¤¡à¤¼à¤-ाà¤à¤µà¤¾)
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) 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
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
Right now, this second, a million employees in Haryana are calling white bosses and teaching them how to say 'Gurugram' and failing.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 13, 2016
And we saved the best one for last:
#Gurgaon vs #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/P0ds4tOUyE
— Ekaansh Agrawal (@E_K_A_A_N_S_H) April 12, 2016