Gah: Manmohan Singh’s birthplace in Pakistan

Gah Begal is a small village in Chakwal district, about 100 kilometers away from Islamabad. Gah came in the spotlight when Manmohan Singh was first elected as the Indian Prime Minister.

Gah happens to be Singh’s birthplace and was also declared as a model village by the previous government. Many developmental schemes were initiated and the Indian prime minister also launched alternative energy projects comprising solar heaters, cookers and lighting.

Singh’s school in Gah still holds an admission register and two of his report cards. The register shows his date of birth as February 4, 1932. Local villagers said that Manmohan was called “Mohana” by his closed friend in the village. Dawn.com takes a tour of the village where Singh spent his childhood. - Text by Suhail Yusuf, Photos by Raheel Qureshi

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Mar 08, 2011 04:01am

Gah Begal was declared a model village by the previous government as such the present government has stopped what ever progress was done by the previous regime,what a shame, Anyways it shows that there is a lot of talent in Pakistan even at the village leve lbut unfortunately all governments both civilian and military have played no part in providing education and other basic necessities of life to its people,

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