West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banrejee on Thursday remembered the Urdu and Persian-language poet Mirza Ghalib on his 149th death anniversary.
Banrejee took to Twitter saying, “Solemnly remembering legendary poet Mirza Ghalib on his death anniversary”.
Solemnly remembering legendary poet Mirza Ghalib on his death anniversary
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 15, 2018
Mirza Ghalib was born on 27 December 1797 as Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan. He used Ghalib and Azad as his pen-name.
Ghalib 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.
Ghalib remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also among the Hindustani diaspora around the world.
In his lifetime he received many honorifics, Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. The conferment of these titles was symbolic of Mirza Ghalib’s incorporation into the nobility of Delhi. He also received the title of ‘Mirza Nosha’ from the Mughal Emperor Bhadur Shah Zafar II, thus adding Mirza as his first name. He was also an important courtier of the royal court of the Emperor, who himself was a poet.