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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Ghalib Academy, New Delhi<br />
| image = Ghalib academy 10.JPG<br />
| size = 162px<br />
| alt = The logo of Ghalib Academy<br />
| caption = The logo of Academy<br />
| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1969|02|22}}<br />
| type = Memorial<br />
| status = Registered Society<br />
| purpose = Educational and Cultural<br />
| headquarters = [[Nizamuddin West]], Delhi<br />
| location = Delhi <br />
| coords = {{coord|28.35 |N|77.14|E|display=inline}}<br />
| language = [[Urdu]]<br />
| leader_title = Founder<br />
| leader_name = Hakeem Abdul Hameed <br />
| key_people = <br />
| main_organ = Museum, Library, Auditorium, Publications<br />
| parent_organization = Sonali Mahila Vikas Charitable Trust<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://directory.ngoreporter.com/ghalib-academy/ |title=Ghalib Academy : NGO in India : Directory of Indian NGOs : NGO Reporter<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202094608/http://directory.ngoreporter.com/ghalib-academy/ |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| affiliations = Registrar of Societies, Delhi<br />
| num_staff = <br />
| num_volunteers = <br />
| budget =<br />
| website = [https://ghalibacademy.com/ Official Website]<br />
| remarks = To perpetuate the memory of [[Ghalib|Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib]] in India and abroad.<br />
| former name = <br />
}}<br />
'''Ghalib Academy '''({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|غالب اکادمی }}}}) is an educational and cultural institution of national importance in [[India]]. It was founded in 1969 by Hakeem Abdul Hameed and inaugurated by the former president of India [[Zakir Husain|Dr. Zakir Hussain]] in [[Nizamuddin West]] area, Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | title = This Sunday, rediscover and explore Delhi..:The Ghalib trail|publisher=Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/this-sunday-rediscover-and-explore-delhi-for-free/article1-1174047.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140118220113/http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/this-sunday-rediscover-and-explore-delhi-for-free/article1-1174047.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 January 2014 |date=17 January 2014| access-date = 2014-01-31}}</ref> The Academy has been established in the memory of the 19th century [[Urdu]] poet [[Ghalib|Mirza Ghalib]]. The Academy is situated in the vicinity of the tomb of the 13th-century Sufi saint [[Nizamuddin Auliya]].<br />
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==About==<br />
The Academy consist of a museum in memory of the poet, a research library, an art gallery, an auditorium and a computerized calligraphy training centre in collaboration with the [[National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language]] .<ref>[http://www.ghalibacademy.org/frame.htm Ghalib Academy<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426204840/http://www.ghalibacademy.org/frame.htm |date=2012-04-26 }}</ref> The Academy is visited by thousands of Indian as well foreign scholars, writers, poets and academicians. The academy claims to have a wide and rich collection of books that are not available anywhere else. The Academy today engages in the development and promotion of the Urdu Language. It organizes literary and cultural programs on famous Urdu Poets like [[Ghalib]] and [[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Iqbal]], etc. to further the cause of Urdu Language. It also organizes seminars, workshops, exhibitions, and literary meets, etc. The mausoleum of Mirza Ghalib is just next to the Academy building. It lies in the attached courtyard of the building just on the way to the Dargah of Nizamuddin. The [[Humayun's Tomb]] is also at a walking distance from the museum.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Ghalib academy 09.JPG|200px|left|An inscription done in front of the Ghalib Academy building]]<br />
In the middle of the twentieth century in order to keep alive the memory of the Indian poet [[Ghalib|Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib]], [[Jamia Hamdard#Founder and philosophy|Hakeem Abdul Hameed]] formed a society named ''Ghalib Academy'' which was later joined by many other influential people of the time. This society had its registered office at Hamdard Manzil Lal Kuan Delhi. The Society president Hakeem Abdul Hameed purchased two plots adjacent to Ghalib's Mazar (grave) in [[Nizamuddin West|Nizamuddin Basti]] and got the Ghalib Academy building constructed there. It was formally declared open by the then President of India Dr Zakir Hussain on the occasion of the Ghalib Centenary on 22 February 1969.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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==Aims and objectives==<br />
* To perpetuate the memory of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib in India and abroad.<br />
* To conduct research on Ghalib and his age.<br />
* To arrange for the education of oriental languages for the study of Ghalib.<br />
* To collaborate with Societies, Organization, or Institutions carrying on kindred activities.<br />
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==Subsidiary bodies==<br />
[[File: Ghalib academy 02.JPG|thumb|Building of Ghalib Academy]]<br />
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* [[Ghalib Museum, New Delhi|Ghalib Memorial Museum]]<br />
* Library – It has books covering topics that are not part of Ghalib's life but also covers other topics. <br />
* Auditorium – The Ghalib Academy also organizes seminars, literary meets, exhibitions, stage shows, musical soirees, and documentary films to discuss the life of Ghalib <br />
* Publications Section – The Academy has a publication section that oversees the publication of books on Ghalib and his contemporaries. Some of the much-appreciated books by the publication section are ''Ghalib Aur Chung -e- Ghalib'', ''Ghalib aur Fan-e- Tanqeed''(Ghalib and the Art of Satire), ''Ghalib Aur Zaka Momin Shakhsiat Aur fun'', ''Talmihat-e- Ghalib''.The Academy has brought out gorgeous editions of Dewan- e -Ghalib on art paper. It also publishes half-yearly literary Journal ''Jahan-e-Ghalib''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hamdardnationalfoundation.org/ghalibacademy.html |title=Hamdard<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233458/http://www.hamdardnationalfoundation.org/ghalibacademy.html |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* Training Center – the academy runs a centre for learning Urdu language, Urdu typing, and computerized calligraphy. The Urdu language course is recognized by [[Delhi University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sodelhi.com/art-culture/406-ghalib-academy#sthash.0M1XJBjx.dpuf |title=Ghalib Academy<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219153858/http://www.sodelhi.com/art-culture/406-ghalib-academy#sthash.0M1XJBjx.dpuf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ghalib]]<br />
* [[Ghalib ki Haveli]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Arts organisations based in Delhi]]</div>Himvanta