Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir (born 1723 in Agra - died September 21, 1810 in Lucknow). He was an Urdu poet and one of the pioneers who gave Urdu shape to itself.  He is remembered as Khuda-e-Sukhan which means "god of poetry".Legendary Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir passed away, [The Times of India], Rajiv Srivastava, TNN, Sep 19, 2010, 05.58am IST His father's name was syed ali muttaqi .  

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