Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a
classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule.
His also known as 'Mirza Asadullah Khan Galib', 'Mirza Galib',
'Dabir-ul-Mulk' and 'Najm-ud-Daula'. His pen-names was Ghaliband Asad or
Asad or Galib. 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 wrote of. Most notably, he
wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted
and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered,
in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of
the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and
Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
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