Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib مرزا غاؔلب मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan Ghalib (circa 1860-1869)
Native name	مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان
Born	27 December 1797 Kala Mahal, Agra, Mughal Empire
Died	15 February 1869 (aged 71) Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, (now Ghalib ki Haveli, Delhi, India)
Pen name	Ghalib
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	British India
Period	Mughal era, British Raj
Genre	Ghazal, Qasida, Rubai, Qat'aa
Subject	Love, Philosophy, Mysticism

Ghalib (Urdu: غاؔلب‎; Hindi: ग़ालिब) born Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (Urdu: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان; Hindi: मिर्ज़ा असदुल्लाह् बेग़ ख़ान), on 27 December 1797 – died 15 February 1869),  was the preeminentUrdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen-names of Ghalib (Urdu: غالب, ġhālib means "dominant") and Asad (Urdu: اسد, 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 popular 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.