District: Gurgaon, State: Haryana, India Area: 0 Long Distance Code: +91-124 Importance: Call centres for Multinational Companies and city of shopping malls International Access: Indira Gandhi International Airport , New Delhi
Description
This small and sleepy town on the borders of the capital, Delhi into the state of Haryana is fast becoming the Singapore town of India. Till a decade or so back Gurgaon was cluster of few villages and nothing more. But after the population and the IT boom in Delhi, many Multi National Companies and posh housing societies started coming up in Gurgaon. It soon became the satellite town of Delhi and has been included in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The latest shopping malls, the best cinema halls and the innumerous eating joints have made Gurgaon the latest and the most hep hanging place in the NCR.<br />Apart from the modernization Gurgaon has an ancient past which has been overshadowed with the modernization boom. Gurgaon was always present along with Delhi since the days of Mahabharat. The then Indraprastha that is today's Delhi had a small village besides it. This village was given to the Guru or the teacher of the Pandav and the Kaurav brothers, Dronacharya, and they called it Gurugaon, which meant the place where their Guru lived. Till date Gurgaon carries the name with it. There are many ancient structures that stand witness to the ancient past of the city which are mostly neglected and today hide behind the tall modern structures of offices and shopping malls.
