Gah is a village of

Chakwal District Chakwal District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is in Pothohar Plateau of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the north of the Punjab province, Chakwal district is bordered by Khushab to its south, Rawalpindi to its north east, Jhelum to its east, Mian ...

, Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the Union council of Begal at 33°3'45N 72°39'8E, the

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or vice president of Begal is from Gah. Gah or Gai is believed to have derived from 'Gohar' a former chieftain of the village. Gohar later became "Garaha" and subsequently shortened to "Gah".A day in Manmohan Singh’s village - The Tribune India
/ref> The village is known widely for being the birthplace of former

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Manmohan Singh. Due to the violence that accompanied the Partition of India in 1947,

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s and Sikhs had to leave the area for India. In 2004, after Singh became prime minister, the Punjab provincial Government declared it would develop Gah as a model village in his honour. A local boys school was renamed Manmohan Singh Government Boys Primary School in his honour. In October 2012, TERI—a research institute from India set up a mini grid of

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as a mark of goodwill to Singh. The mini grid supplied power to 51 families in the village and water heaters of three

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gah (Village) Chakwal District Populated places in Chakwal District