Khuda-e-Sukhan Mir Taqi Mir ( born 1723 in Agra - died September 21 , 1810 in Lucknow ) , . Mir is sometimes written as Meer , he was an Urdu poet and one of the pioneers who gave Urdu shape to itself . Khuda-e-Sukhan Mir Taqi Mir ( Urdu : ' ) ( born 1723 - died September 21 , 1810 ) , whose original name was Muhammad Taqi ( Urdu : ' ) and takhallus ( pen name ) was Mir ( Urdu : ' ) ( sometimes also spelt as Meer Taqi Meer ) , was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century , and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself .