About 30kms from the centre of New Delhi and a fast
developing city, Gurgaon is perhaps the most important
of all Haryana towns.
Originally it was named Guru Gram or Guru Gaon (teacher’s
home), and going by the Mahabharata, Yudhishtra gave
the area to Guru Dronacharya for his teachings on warfare
and arms to the five Pandavas when they were young.
This was the place where Dronacharya taught archery to
the Pandavas, and they made good use of this knowledge
when they had to shoot the Kauravas.
Till Independence, Gurgaon was a fairly backward town,
but after that it rose to the occasion. Now there are
a number of big industries like Atlas and the Maruti
automobile factory.
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