Death anniversary of renowned poet, Mirza Asadullah Baig , pen-name “Ghalib” was marked here on Wednesday.
Mushahira’s and references were held under various literary organizations to pay tributes to legendary poet.
Ghalib was born on December 27, 1796 in the city of Akbarabad (present Agra). He was an all time great classical Urdu and Persian poet of the Indian subcontinent. His full name was “Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan” and “Ghalib” was his pen name.
He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people.
Mirza Ghalib is considered to be the most dominating poet of the Urdu language. After the death of his father and uncle during his early youth, Ghalib moved to Delhi.
He was one of the best of Urdu poets who led a drastic revolution in Urdu poetry with his words.
Ghalib felt so much proud in his Persian poetry but his Urdu poetry like “Ghazals” are also much famous today. He always lived from hand to mouth due to lack of money and after 1857 his support from Royal darbar stopped. He died in 1869.
Death anniversary of Mirza Ghalib marked
