Our Current personality is the Great poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1796 - 1869)

He was born in 1796 in Akbarabad (present Agra). His father Abdullah Beg Khan and Uncle Nasrullah Beg Khan were in the Army. Mirza Ghalib become orphaned when he was just 5 years old.

Ghalib's early education has always been a matter of confusion. There are no known records of his formal education, although it was known that his circle of friends in Delhi were some of the most intelligent minds of the time.

Around 1810, he was married into a family of nobles, at the age of thirteen. He had seven children, none of whom survived (this pain has found its echo in some of Ghalib's ghazals). There are conflicting reports regarding his relationship with his wife. She was considered to be pious, conservative and God-fearing while Ghalib was carefree, unconventional without any scruples, and arguably not very religious, in the strict sense of the word.

Born into an aristocratic family, Ghalib passed his youth in luxury. Subsequently, he was granted a small pension by the British government but had to struggle against penury and hardships. Recognition finally came in 1850.

He always lived his life lacking money. After 1857 the support from the Royal durbar stopped. The pension from the British Govt. was stopped because he was suspected of supporitn the rebels. He even traveled to Calcutta to restart the pension but to no avail.
He went to the Nawab of Rampur, who promised him Rupees 200 if he lived in Rampur and Rs. 100 if he lived anywhere else. His pension was resumed 3 years after that, but all that money was used up for paying old debts. Ghalib died in 1869.

One of his famous ghazal is as under:

Shauq her rang raqeeb-e- sar-o-saman nikla
Qais tasveer kay parday main bhee uryan nikla
Zakhm nay daad na dee tangi-e-dil ki ya Rab
Teer bhee sina-e-bismil say pur afshan nikla
Boo-e-gul nala-e-dil dood-e chiragh-e-mehfil
Jo teri bazm say nikla sau pareeshan nikla
Dilmain phir girya nay ik shor uthaya Ghalib
Aah jo qatra na nikla tha sau toofan nikla