Google doodle on Mirza Ghalib's birth anniversary
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): Popular internet search engine Google on Wednesday decorated its homepage with a doodle to mark Urdu literature’s most iconic poet Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan's 220th birth anniversary.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, also known as Mirza Ghalib, was born in north Indian city of Agra on Dec 27, 1797.
He was a prominent Urdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
He used his pen-names of Ghalib and Asad.
His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.
Most notably, he 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.
He passed away on Feb 15, 1869 in Delhi.
Google often decorates its homepage with doodles to mark special birthdays, events and dates.
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