India, Dec. 27 -- On Mirza Ghalib's anniversary

Today is actor Salman Khan's birthday. It is also actor Timothee Chalamet's birthday. It is also the birth anniversary of Delhi's greatest poet. We exploit this day to celebrate our Mirza Ghalib exclusively through numbers. The accompanying photo was snapped some afternoons ago, just as internationally renowned photographer Nicholas Vreeland (also a Buddhist monk) was sighted visiting Ghalib's marble tomb in central Delhi. Plus, a shoutout to Ghalib Academy secretary Aqil Ahmad, kind enough to double-check some of these figures.

27/12/1797

Date of Ghalib's birth. He was born in Agra.

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Number of Mughal emperors in whose court Ghalib served as a poet. The emperor at the time was Bahadur ...