Mirza Ghalib

Known for

Urdu ghazal at its most philosophical and complex

Biography

19th-century Urdu and Persian poet of Mughal Delhi, who lived through the city's decline and the 1857 uprising, and is regarded as the last great classical Urdu poet.

A well-known line

"Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle" (A thousand desires, each one worth dying for)

Major works

• Diwan-e-Ghalib