Delhi’s favorite and most popular poet of Udru and
Persian, Mirza Ghalib was born in Agra.
Some
Interesting Facts
1) He
was married to Nawabilahi Baksh Khan’s daughter Umrao Begum at the age of 13
and he moved to Delhi, the city he loved and refused to leave till he died.
2) He
adopted a pen-name “Ghalib” which means one who conquers all, superior, most
excellent.
3) Amongst
the greatest poets of South Asia, Ghalib’s unique poetry covers- an immense
canvas of intense feeling with lyricism and profound insights on ways of interpreting the physical, emotional and spiritual dimension of
life and the world. 
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