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| established = 27 December 2000<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghalib ki Haveli |url=http://delhilostmarvels.webs.com/ghalibkihaveli.htm |accessdate=22 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120083954/http://delhilostmarvels.webs.com/ghalibkihaveli.htm |archivedate=20 November 2013 }}</ref>
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| location = Gali [[Qasim Jan]], [[Ballimaran]], [[Chandni Chowk]], [[Old Delhi]], India
| type = [[Memorial museum]], [[Biographical museum]]
| accreditation = [[Archaeological Survey of India]]
| key_holdings = Handwritten poems of Ghalib
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| owner = [[Government of Delhi]]
| publictransit = [[Chawri Bazar metro station|Chawri Bazaar Metro Station]]
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'''Ghalib ki Haveli''' (<small>[[ALA-LC]]:</small> {{Transliteration|ur|ALA-LC|''G̱ẖālib kī Ḥawelī''}} {{IPA|ur|ˈɣɑːlɪb kiː ɦəˈʋeːliː|IPA}}, {{Lit|Ghalib's Mansion}}) is a [[haveli]] in Gali [[Qasim Jan]] ({{Lit|Qasim Jan Street}}), [[Ballimaran]], in the [[Chandni Chowk]] neighbourhood of [[Old Delhi]]. It was the residence of the 19th-century Indian poet [[Ghalib]] and is now a heritage site.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=Ghalib ki Haveli|url=http://www.sodelhi.com/history-heritage/360-mirza-ghalib-ki-haveli|accessdate=22 January 2014|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225224959/http://www.sodelhi.com/history-heritage/360-mirza-ghalib-ki-haveli|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its [[Mughal architecture]] reflects the period when the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] era was on the decline in [[India]].

The house was given to him by [[Hakim (title)|Hakim]], a physician who is believed was an enthusiast of his poetry. After the poet's death in 1869, Hakim used to sit there every evening, not allowing anyone enter the building.<ref name="The Better India 2016">{{cite web | title=Lost in the Chaos of Chandni Chowk, Mirza Ghalib's 300-Year-Old Haveli is a Forgotten Treasure | website=The Better India | date=2016-12-27 | url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/79714/mirza-ghalib-haveli-chandni-chowk-delhi/ | access-date=2020-07-27}}</ref>

==History==

Ghalib lived in this haveli for a long period of his life after he came from [[Agra]]. While staying at this haveli, he wrote his [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] '[[Diwan (poetry)|diwans]]' (''[[Diwan-e-Ghalib]]''). Years after Ghalib's death the place housed shops inside it until the year 1999 after which the government acquired a portion of it and renovated it. It was given a special touch with the use of Mughal [[lakhori bricks]], sandstone and a wooden entrance gate to recreate the [[19th century in India|19th-century period]].<ref name="autogenerated1" />

[[File:A view of Ghalib ki Haveli.JPG|thumb|225px|A view of the Haveli]]
After takeover by the [[Government of Delhi|Delhi government]] the haveli was made into a permanent [[memorial museum]] in 2000 housing objects related to the poet and his times. It also houses various hand written poems by the poet besides his books. The museum also houses a life size replica of the poet in a realistic setting with a [[hookah]] in his hand. Portraits of [[Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq|Ustaad Zauq]], [[Bahadur Shah II|Abu Zafar]], [[Momin Khan Momin|Momin]], and other noted contemporaries of Ghalib can also be seen. On 27 December 2010, former [[List of chief ministers of Delhi|Delhi Chief Minister]] [[Sheila Dikshit]] unveiled a sculpture of the poet that was sculpted by a well known artist Bhagwan Rampure and commissioned by poet and lyricist [[Gulzar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghalib's marble bust unveiled|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/delhi/28220634_1_213th-birth-anniversary-haveli-mirza-ghalib|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140122150300/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/delhi/28220634_1_213th-birth-anniversary-haveli-mirza-ghalib|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]| date=27 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile of Sculptor Bhagwan Rampure |url=https://www.indiaart.com/Sculptors/Bhagwan-Rampure/Profile-of-Bhagwan-Rampure.asp |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=indiaart.com}}</ref> A portrait of Ghalib commissioned by the former president of India Dr. [[Zakir Husain]] served as the blue print for the sculpture.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 January 2013 |title=Ghalib's Legacy |url=http://sufinews.blogspot.in/2011/01/ghalibs-legacy.html |website=Sufi News}}</ref>

The walls are adorned with the huge portrait of the poet and his couplets which are hung around the side walls.

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| quote = <poem>
{{nq|اگ رہا ہے در و دیوار سے سبزہ غاؔلب}}
{{nq|ہم بیاباں میں ہیں اور گھر میں بہار آئی ہے}}

Transliteration ([[ALA-LC]]):
''Ug rahā hai dar-o-dīvār se sabza 'ġhālib',''
''Ham bayābāñ meñ haiñ aur ghar meñ bahār aa.ī hai.''<ref name="Rekhta">{{cite web | title=Read full ghazal by Mirza Ghalib | website=Rekhta | url=https://www.rekhta.org/ghazals/ug-rahaa-hai-dar-o-diivaar-pe-sabza-gaalib-mirza-ghalib-ghazals | access-date=2020-07-27}}</ref>

It is roughly translated into English as:
"Greenery is growing out of the doors and walls, 'Ghalib'!
I am in wilderness and spring has arrived at my house."
</poem>
}}

==Architecture==
Mirza Ghalib's Haveli is located in the [[Old Delhi]] and is a heritage site declared by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. It offers an insight into the Mirza Ghalib's lifestyle and [[Mughal architecture|architecture of the Mughal era]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirza Ghalib's Haveli in Chandni Chowk, Delhi |date=16 October 2013 |url=http://discoverindiaonvacation.wordpress.com/tag/archaeological-survey-of-india/ |accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref> The large compound of the [[haveli]] with columns and bricks are the reminiscence of the [[Mughal Empire]] in [[Delhi]]. It is built using traditional material including [[lakhori bricks]] and [[lime mortar]].<ref name=bri4>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Haveli-to-speak-of-a-history-lost-in-time/articleshow/50259881.cms | title=Haveli to speak of a history lost in time | newspaper=[[Times of India]] | date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=bri6>{{cite web | url=https://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/article/pdfs/South%20Shahjahanabad.pdf | title=5. Havelis of Kucha pati Ram, in South Shahjahanabad | publisher=World Monument Fund | access-date=27 November 2017 | archive-date=23 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523222552/https://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/article/pdfs/South%20Shahjahanabad.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=bri7>{{cite news | url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/revival-hemu-haveli-cards-000000408.html | title=Revival of Hemu's Haveli on the cards | publisher=Yahoo News India | date=6 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=bri9>{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/a-jail-a-school-and-an-orphanage-bawana-s-fortress-gets-another-makeover/photo-MnALg5tq9GtOs1MadSf5aM.html | title=A Jail, school and orphanage: Bawana's fortress gets another makeover | date=21 February 2017 | newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] | accessdate=26 August 2018 }}</ref>

==Information==
Located near [[Chawri Bazar metro station]] and [[Delhi Junction railway station]] it is open to all, with free entry and no photography charges, from 11 am till 6 pm on all days except Monday.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Genealogy of Ghalib.jpg|Genealogy of Ghalib as displayed at the Ghalib ki Haveli, Old Delhi
File:Renovated roof Ghalib ki Haveli.JPG|Renovated roof Ghalib ki Haveli
File:A closeup of a page from Ghalib's Diwan.JPG|A page from Ghalib's Diwan reading "Ye na thi hamari qismat..."
File:Postal stamp in memory of Ghalib.JPG|Postal stamp in memory of Ghalib, Government of Pakistan
File:A book that belonged to Ghalib.JPG|At Ghalib ki Haveli
File:Ghalib's favourite pastime.jpg|Game of "[[Chaupar]]" (similar to [[ludo]]) Ghalib's favourite pastime
File:A visual projection of Ghalib.JPG|A visual projection of Ghalib during his leisure time
File:A couplet on the walls.JPG|A couplet on the wall
</gallery>

==See also==

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*[[Ghalib Museum, New Delhi]]
*[[Ghalib Academy, New Delhi]]
* [[Chandni Chowk]]
* [[Chunnamal Haveli]]
* [[Dharampura Haveli]]
* [[Nangal Sirohi#Havelis and architecture|Nangal Sirohi havelis]]

==References==

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[[Category:Museums in Delhi]]
[[Category:Biographical museums in India]]
[[Category:Havelis in India]]
[[Category:Houses in Delhi]]
[[Category:Ghalib]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Museums established in 2000]]

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