Gah () is a village of

Chakwal District Chakwal District () is a district located on the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern area of the Punjab province, bordered by Talagang to its west, Rawalpindi to its northeast, Jhelum to its east. The distr ...

, Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the Union council of Begal at , the Naib Nazim 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 Indian prime minister

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. Due to the violence that accompanied the

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in 1947,

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s 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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