| Names |
MIRZA GHALIB
(Full original name: Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan) |
| Date of Birth |
December 27, 1797 – Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
February 15, 1869 – Delhi, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Urdu and Persian poet. |
| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He used his pen-names of Ghalib and Asad.
- In Urdu and Persian, Asad means 'Lion'.
- His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.
- During his lifetime the Mughals were eclipsed and
displaced by the British and finally deposed following the
defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857.
- He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have
since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by
different people.
- He was one of the most popular and influential poets of
the Urdu language.
- He remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but
also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
- His real fame came to him posthumously. He had himself
remarked during his lifetime that he would be recognized by
later generations.
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| Couplets
of Ghazals authored by Mirza Ghalib |
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