Gurgaon

Gurgaon
City
Gurugram
from top: DLF Gatweway Tower, Gurugram city Skyline
Nickname(s): Millennium city
Gurugram Show map of Haryana Gurugram Show map of India Location of Gurugram in Haryana
Coordinates: 28°27′22″N 77°01′44″E / 28.456°N 77.029°E / 28.456; 77.029Coordinates: 28°27′22″N 77°01′44″E / 28.456°N 77.029°E / 28.456; 77.029
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Gurugram district
Government
• Body	Municipal Corporation of Gurugram
• Mayor	Vimal Yadav
• Lok Sabha constituency	Gurugram Lok Sabha Constituency
• Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gurugram City
• Planning agency	Haryana Urban Development Authority
• Municipal Corporation of Gurugram	Civic agency
Area
• Total	282.7 sq mi (732 km2)
Elevation	711.9 ft (217 m)
Population	876,824
Languages
• Main spoken	Haryanvi Punjabi Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	122xxx
Area code(s)	0124
Vehicle registration	HR-26 (City) HR-55 (Commercial) HR-72 (Sohna ) HR-76Pataudi (Gurugram)
Website	gurgaon.nic.in

Gurgaon, officially: Gurugram, is a city in the Indian state of Haryana and is located near the National Capital Region of India. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of New Delhi and 268 kilometres (167 mi) southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. As of 2011^[update], Gurugram had a population of 876,824. Witnessing rapid urbanization, Gurugram has become a leading financial and industrial hub with the third highest per capita income in India. The city's economic growth story started when the leading Indian automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited established a manufacturing plant in Gurgaon in the 1970s. Today, Gurugram has local offices for more than 250 Fortune 500 companies.

The land came to be known as Gurugram (Sanskrit: गुरुग्राम, lit. village of the Guru) which over time became changed to Gurgaon (गुड़गाँव). The village still exists within the modern day city.

On 12 April 2016, Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar announced a proposal to officially rename the city Gurugram, subject to the approval of the Haryana cabinet and the Union Government. He argued that the new name would help to preserve the "rich heritage" of the city by emphasizing its history and association with Dronacharya. On 27 September 2016, Manohar Lal Khattar officially announced that the Union Government had approved the name change, and thus the city and district would henceforth be known as Gurugram.

Gurgaon was historically inhabited by the Hindu people and in early times, it formed a part of an extensive kingdom ruled over by Rajputs of Yaduvansi or Yadav clan. The Yadav were defeated by Muhammad of Ghor in 1196, but for two centuries they sturdily resisted the Muhammadian domination and they were subjected to punitive expedition. Under the rule of Feroz Shah Tughlaq, several were converted to Islam. This was followed by the invasion of Timur and the land was ruled by Khanzadas. It was then annexed by Babur. During Akbar's reign, Gurgaon fell within the governing regions of Delhi and Agra. As the Mughal Empire started to decline, the place was torn between contending powers. By 1803 most of it came under the British rule through the treaty of Surji Arjungaon with Sindhia. The town was first occupied by the cavalry unit posted to watch the army of Begum Samru of Sirdhana. It became a part of the district, which was divided into units called parganas. These units were given to petty chiefs for the military service rendered by them. Eventually these units came under direct control of the British, with the last major administrative change in 1836. After the Revolt of 1857, it was transferred from the North-Western Provinces to Punjab Province. In 1861, the district, of which Gurgaon was a part of, was rearranged into five tehsils Gurgaon, Ferozepur Jhirka, Nuh, Palwal and Rewari and the modern day city came under the control of Gurgaon teshil. In 1947, Gurgaon became a part of independent India and fell under the Indian state of Punjab. In 1966, the city came under the administration of Haryana with the creation of the new state.