Sadiq-ur-Rahaman Kidwai
The volume makes an attempt to showcase the times of the famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib (1797 -1869). Through pictures, it captures the important events, places and personalities of the time especially in the context of their relation to or association with Ghalib. It includes paintings such as portraits of royal personalities and sketches of monuments such as the Lal Qila and places like Agra, Hyderabad and Delhi of that time. A focus is on the 1857 Revolt and ...