Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib Biography
Ghalib (Urdu: غاؔلِب ), (Hindi: ग़ालिब) born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu: مِرزا اسَدُاللہ بیگ خان; Hindi: मिर्ज़ा असदुल्लाह् बेग खiन), on 27 December 1797 – died 15 February 1869), was a prominent Urdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen-names of Ghalib (Urdu: غالِب, ġhālib means "dominant") and Asad (Urdu: اسَد, 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, events that he described. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. Ghalib, the last great poet of the Mughal Era, is considered to be one of the most famous and influential poets of the Urdu language. Today Ghalib remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also among the Hindustani diaspora around the world.
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