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Ghalib

1797 - 1869

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Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian. Ghalib's poetry often addresses existential struggle, sorrows, and socio-political disturbances, particularly the decline of the Mughal Empire. He spent most of his life in poverty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghalib is the 403rd most popular writer (down from 394th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from India (down from 46th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Writer.

Ghali is most famous for writing the "Divan-e-Ghalib" which is a collection of poems.

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Among writers, Ghalib ranks 403 out of 7,302. Before him are Giosuè Carducci, Harry Martinson, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Frank Herbert, William Wordsworth, and Verner von Heidenstam. After him are Graham Greene, Susan Sontag, Livius Andronicus, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Wilhelm Grimm, and Jorge Amado.

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Among people born in 1797, Ghalib ranks 9. Before him are Heinrich Heine, Gaetano Donizetti, Mary Shelley, Adolphe Thiers, Hiroshige, and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan. After him are Joseph Henry, Paul Delaroche, Charles Lyell, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1869, Ghalib ranks 4. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Franklin Pierce, and Alphonse de Lamartine. After him are Allan Kardec, Edwin Stanton, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Thomas Graham, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ghalib ranks 67 out of 1,861. Before him are P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Salman Khan (1965), Iskander Mirza (1899), Ram Narayan (1927), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), and Aurangzeb (1618). After him are Bhāskara II (1114), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Akbar II (1760), Amartya Sen (1933), and Jim Corbett (1875).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ghalib ranks 8. Before him are Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Kālidāsa (400), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Valmiki (-80), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), and Salman Rushdie (1947). After him are Jim Corbett (1875), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Meera (1498), and Premchand (1880).

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