INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan was the preeminent Urdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen-names of Ghalib and Asad to write the Urdu gazals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Takhallus is an Arabic word which means, literally, “to get liberated” or “become secure; ‘’ the word has been borrowed in Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi to mean “pen name". The takhallus is often included in the maqta, last sher (couplet), of the ghazal.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ghazal originated in Arabia in the 7th century. It was spread into South Asia in the 12th century by the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic sultanates. Ameer Khusrow (1253–1325)of the 13th century is considered as the first Urdu poet who made it popular.

Detailed explanation-4: -MIRZA GHALIB BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib, is one of the greatest Urdu poets. He was trained in classical Persian and mystic philosophy. The last of the great Delhi poets, Ghalib was born on December 27, 1797. He is often considered the first of the great modern poets.