Which of the following poets witnessed the Revolt of 1857 in Delhi?

Mirza Ghalib

The correct answer is Option (2) → Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib, the renowned Urdu and Persian poet, was in Delhi during the Revolt of 1857. He witnessed the chaos, destruction, and bloodshed that occurred in the city during the rebellion against British rule. Ghalib wrote about these events in his letters, which provide a vivid account of the upheaval and the aftermath of the revolt.

This is how the famous poet Mirza Ghalib described what the people of Delhi did when the British forces occupied the city in 1857:

Smiting the enemy and driving him before them, the victors (i.e., the British) overran the city in all directions. All whom they found in the street they cut down … For two to three days every road in the city, from the Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield. Three gates – the Ajmeri, the Turcoman and the Delhi – were still held by the rebels … At the naked spectacle of this vengeful wrath and malevolent hatred the colour fled from men’s faces, and a vast concourse of men and women … took to precipitate flight through these three gates. Seeking the little villages and shrines outside the city, they drew breath to wait until such time as might favour their return.