Mirza Ghalib passed away on this day
Indian poet Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, famously known as Mirza Ghalib, passed away on February 15, 1869, in Delhi. A prominent Urdu and Persian poet, Ghalib had started writing before the age of 13 and was one of the greatest poets in the Mughal Empire. His house in Delhi, known as Ghalib ki Haveli, is being converted into a memorial.