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A city that is a gram
Hindustan Times Noida
|February 11, 2025
As a countdown to the futuristic city's special anniversary
Reserve your thrills for 2026. Next year marks a special anniversary: Gurugram will turn 10. It was back in 2016 when Gurgaon was renamed Gurugram, and with that, an official recognition was granted to the belief that the so-called Millennium City actually originated in ancient India as a gram (village) which the Pandavas gifted as their guru-dakshina to Guru Dronacharya.
The old name was re-embraced just six years after another "gram" had come into existence - Instagram. To emphasise on the rhythmic bond between these two names, here are three of the most Instagrammable spots of Gurugram. These picks show the city in its modern as well as early avatar, and complicates our understanding of the place.
This story is from the February 11, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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