There is a wave of mourning in the whole of India due to the death of former Prime Minister of the country Dr. Manmohan Singh. At the same time, the people of Gah village in Chakwal district of Pakistan's Punjab province are also very sad over the death of former Indian PM Manmohan Singh. The people of the village say that we feel as if a member of our family has died, he has gone from among us. Altaf Hussain, a resident of Gah village, told 'PTI-Bhasha' that a group of local people held a condolence meeting to express grief over the death of village boy Manmohan Singh. Hussain is a teacher in the same school of Gah village where Manmohan Singh studied till class 4.

What is Manmohan Singh's relation with Gah village?

Let us tell you that Manmohan Singh's father Gurmukh Singh was a textile merchant and his mother Amrit Kaur was a housewife. Manmohan Singh spent his childhood in Gah village of Pakistan and his friends used to call him 'Mohna' in his childhood. Gah village of Pakistan is located about 100 km southwest of the capital Islamabad and at the time of Manmohan Singh's birth it was a part of Jhelum district but in 1986 it was included in Chakwal district.

Manmohan Singh received his early education from the most prestigious school of Gah village. Even today his admission number in the school register is 187, and the date of admission is recorded as April 17, 1937 and his date of birth is recorded as February 4, 1932 and his caste as 'Kohli'.

This is how people are remembering Manmohan

"Dr Manmohan Singh could not visit Gah in his lifetime, but now that he is no more, we want someone from his family to visit this village," said a teacher at the Gah village school where Manmohan studied. Some of Singh's classmates who had expressed happiness when he became the Prime Minister in 2004 have now passed away. The families of these classmates still live in Gah and feel proud of their old association with Singh.