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{{short description|Literary award named after Ghalib}}
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| name = Ghalib Award
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| caption = Statue of Ghalib near [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], Delhi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-delhi/20200115/281535112936543|title=PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.|website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>
| subheader = Award for individual contributions to [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] and [[Persian literature]]
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| sponsor = [[Ghalib Academy, New Delhi|Ghalib Academy]] (Ghalib Institute)
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| lastawarded = 2019
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'''Mirza Ghalib Award''', commonly known as '''Ghalib Award''', is a [[literary award]] and an honor in India presented annually in the month of December by [[Ghalib Academy, New Delhi|Ghalib Academy]] (Ghalib Institute). It was established and named after a greatest Indian poet [[Ghalib]]. The award seeks to recognize those writers and researchers who have made "meritorious contribution" to [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] and [[Persian literature]].<ref name="firstpost.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/ghalib-awards-2019-professor-syeda-bilquees-fatima-husaini-bags-prize-for-her-scholarship-in-persian-literature-7692911.html |title=Ghalib Awards 2019: Professor Syeda Bilquees Fatima Husaini bags prize for her scholarship in Persian literature |date=November 24, 2019 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> It carries an amount of cash reward [[Indian rupee|₹]]25,000 to 50,000 and an insignia along with a citation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/ghalib-awards-announced_257619.html|title=Ghalib Awards announced|date=November 23, 2005|website=Zee News}}</ref><ref name="oneindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/10/29/ghalib-institute-announces-list-of-awardees-1225289264.html|title=Ghalib institute announces list of awardees|date=October 29, 2008|website=oneindia.com}}</ref> and a certificate of commendation.<ref name="milligazette.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Nov04-Print-Edition/011511200438.htm|title=The Milli Gazette|website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref>

It is generally announced by the Ghalib Institute Award Committee after a consensus, comprising uncertain number of the members and is conferred upon poets, writers and researchers at Aiwan-e-Ghalib, an auditorium in [[Delhi]].<ref name="oneindia.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/ghalib-awards-2018-names-announced-1435478/|title=Ghalib awards 2018: names announced|date=November 21, 2018}}</ref> It is recognized one of the highest awards in [[academic discipline]], particularly in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2010dec23/wali_rahmani_congratulates_prof_lutfur_rahman_winning_ghalib_award.html|title=Wali Rahmani congratulates Prof. Lutfur Rahman on winning Ghalib Award|date=December 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ghalib-award-conferred-on-veteran-master-of-urdu-verse/382125/|title=Ghalib Award conferred on veteran master of Urdu verse - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Ghalib Museum, New Delhi]]
* [[Ghalib ki Haveli]]

== References ==
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{{India Honours and Decorations}}
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[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Urdu literary awards]]
[[Category:Ghalib]]

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