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	'''Tilok Chand Mehroom''' (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966), was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[Urdu]] poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.		'''Tilok Chand Mehroom''' (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966), was an Indian [[Urdu]] poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	Mehroom died on 6 January 1966 after an illness of five weeks.		Mehroom died on 6 January 1966 after an illness of five weeks.

	[[Jagan Nath Azad]], his son, donated Mehroom's collection of books to the [[Allama Iqbal]] Library, University of Kashmir, where they are now classified as the ''Tilok Chand Mehroom Collection''.<ref>http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/divisions.aspx,</ref>		[[Jagan Nath Azad]], his son, donated Mehroom's collection of books to the [[Allama Iqbal]] Library, University of Kashmir, where they are now classified as the ''Tilok Chand Mehroom Collection''.<ref>http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/divisions.aspx, {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref>

	==Poetry==		==Poetry==
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	* [http://www.jagannathazad.info Tilok Chand Mehroom – Life & Work]		* [http://www.jagannathazad.info Tilok Chand Mehroom – Life & Work]
	* [http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm Urdu Adab – Biography – Tilok Chand Mehroom]{{~~404~~\|date=~~September 2021~~}}		* [http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm Urdu Adab – Biography – Tilok Chand Mehroom] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181828/http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm \|date=12 November 2018 }}

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	'''Tilok Chand Mehroom''' (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966) was an [[India]]n [[Urdu]] poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.		'''Tilok Chand Mehroom''' (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966), was an [[India]]n [[Urdu]] poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	After the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom wrote poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life and the instability of relationships. The most famous of these is Ashk-e-Hasrat (part of his collection entitled Toofan-e-Gham).		After the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom wrote poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life and the instability of relationships. The most famous of these is Ashk-e-Hasrat (part of his collection entitled Toofan-e-Gham).

	Mehroom's first major publication was Ganj-e-Ma'ani which contained a rich variety of 175 [[nazm]]s as well as many [[Ruba'i\|rubais]], [[qasida]]s, [[sehra (poetry)\|sehra]]s, and [[noha]]s. Poets and literary critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], [[Kaifi Azmi]], Josh Malsiani and Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.<ref>		Mehroom's first major publication was Ganj-e-Ma'ani which contained a rich variety of 175 [[nazm]]s as well as many [[Ruba'i\|rubais]], [[qasida]]s, [[sehra (poetry)\|sehra]]s, and [[noha]]s. Poets and literary critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], [[Kaifi Azmi]], Josh Malsiani and Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5271789A/Tilok_Chand_Mehroom\|title=Tilok Chand Mehroom}}</ref>
	https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5271789A/Tilok_Chand_Mehroom</ref>

	==Ethics and views==		==Ethics and views==
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	==Honours and awards==		==Honours and awards==
	The annual Sahitya Samaroh (literary convention) of the [[Government of Punjab, India]] dedicated its 1962 session to Mehroom for his "services to literature" and presented him with a robe of honour, a testimonial and a purse. (Forty-five years earlier, the contemporary Government of Punjab had awarded him a cash prize for his service to literature.).		The annual Sahitya Samaroh (literary convention) of the [[Government of Punjab, India]] dedicated its 1962 session to Mehroom for his "services to literature" and presented him with a robe of honour, a testimonial and a purse (Forty-five years earlier, the contemporary Government of Punjab had awarded him a cash prize for his service to literature).

	==Famous works==		==Famous works==
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	* [http://www.jagannathazad.info Tilok Chand Mehroom – Life & Work]		* [http://www.jagannathazad.info Tilok Chand Mehroom – Life & Work]
	* [http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm Urdu Adab – Biography – Tilok Chand Mehroom]		* [http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm Urdu Adab – Biography – Tilok Chand Mehroom]{{404\|date=September 2021}}

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'''Tilok Chand Mehroom''' (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966) was an [[India]]n [[Urdu]] poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.

==Early life==
Mehroom was born in the village of Mousa Noor Zaman Shah ([[Mianwali District]], Punjab (now [[Pakistan]]) on 1 July 1887. The small village, consisting of some 20–25 homes, was under constant threat of flooding from the [[Indus River]] and was destroyed and rebuilt many times before his family gave up their farm and shop and moved to [[Isakhel]].

==Education==
At the age of 6/7 years he joined the Vernacular Middle School where he topped the class every year and received scholarships in the 5th & 8th years. He passed the [[matriculation]] examination in 1907 attaining a first class certificate from the Diamond Jubilee School, [[Bannu]] (there was no high school in [[Isakhel]]). Following this, he entered the Central Training College, [[Lahore]] where he trained as a teacher and graduated with BA degree.

==Career==
In 1908 he joined the Mission High School at [[Dera Ismail Khan]] as a teacher of English. Shortly afterwards he transferred to [[Isakhel]] for domestic reasons. His concern about the lack of clean water in Isakhel led to his move to Kaloorkote as headmaster of the local middle school in 1924.

Following his son's ([[Jagan Nath Azad]]'s) move to [[Rawalpindi]] in 1933 for higher education, Mehroom sought a transfer there and accepted the post of headmaster at the Cantonment Board School. He worked there till 1943. He was the first headmaster of school which is now famous as [[F.G.Technical High School]]. Tariq abad ([[Lalkurti]]) Rawalpindi.

A short time later, he became a lecturer in [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] at [[Gordon College (Pakistan)|Gordon College]]. The [[partition of India]] brought his stay in Rawalpindi to an end. He left the College in December 1947 and moved permanently to [[Delhi]], India. He returned to Gordon College in 1953 for its Golden Jubilee celebrations.

On arrival in Delhi, he was appointed Editor of ''Tej Weekly'', the literary section of ''Tej Daily'', for a brief period.

The [[Government of India]] approved [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]]'s (divided at the time of partition of India) proposal to open a college in Delhi to deal with the issue of adult education for refugees. Camp College was established in Hastings School and Mehroom was appointed to the post of Professor of Urdu. He held this post until his retirement in December 1957.

Mehroom died on 6 January 1966 after an illness of five weeks.

[[Jagan Nath Azad]], his son, donated Mehroom's collection of books to the [[Allama Iqbal]] Library, University of Kashmir, where they are now classified as the ''Tilok Chand Mehroom Collection''.<ref>http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/divisions.aspx,</ref>

==Poetry==
There were no libraries in the schools of [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]] when Mehroom was growing up. With no formal training or instruction and very limited access to literary works, it is remarkable that he developed a love of poetry and achieved acclaim as a poet himself. He found, read eagerly and was inspired by poetry collections of [[Mirza Ghalib]] & [[Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq]] during his 4 years in [[Bannu]]. He wrote simple couplets whilst still at primary school, but it was in Bannu that he started taking his writing seriously. He composed a [[nazm]] entitled Khidmat-e-Validain when he was about 12/13 years old. It earned him the praise not only from the Divisional Inspector of Schools but also from the Director of Education.

By the time he finished his studies at Diamond Jubilee School (Bannu), his poems were being published in Makhzan ([[Lahore]]) and Zamana ([[Kanpur]]). Once he moved to [[Rawalpindi]], he became a frequent invitee to the annual [[mushaira]]s organised by Khwaja Abdul Raheem in Lyallpur (now [[Faisalabad]]). Regulars to these mushairas included [[Jigar Moradabadi]] and [[Hafeez Jullundhri]] among others.

After the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom wrote poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life and the instability of relationships. The most famous of these is Ashk-e-Hasrat (part of his collection entitled Toofan-e-Gham).

Mehroom's first major publication was Ganj-e-Ma'ani which contained a rich variety of 175 [[nazm]]s as well as many [[Ruba'i|rubais]], [[qasida]]s, [[sehra (poetry)|sehra]]s, and [[noha]]s. Poets and literary critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], [[Kaifi Azmi]], Josh Malsiani and Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.<ref>
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5271789A/Tilok_Chand_Mehroom</ref>

==Ethics and views==
Born in a Hindu family, Mehroom grew up in a predominantly Muslim community. This mix of cultures in his early years was greatly influential on his thinking. When his daughter Shakuntala died, her remains were buried ([[Muslim]] manner), not cremated ([[Hindu]] way). He gave precedence to "the man" over "his religion". When he died, his pall-bearers were two Hindus, one [[Muslim]] & one [[Sikh]], and the Dasween (ceremony performed on the 10th day after death) included recitals from the [[Vedas]] & [[Bhagavad Gita]] (Hindu), the [[Qur'an]] (Muslim) and [[Sukhmani Sahib]] (Sikh).

Mehroom was not a political activist but, as with much literature of this period, some of his poems reflect the political unrest in the country. His friendship with Allama Sir [[Muhammad Iqbal]] did not dissuade him from disagreeing with Allama's proposals for India's independence at the [[Round Table Conference]] in London.

==Honours and awards==
The annual Sahitya Samaroh (literary convention) of the [[Government of Punjab, India]] dedicated its 1962 session to Mehroom for his "services to literature" and presented him with a robe of honour, a testimonial and a purse. (Forty-five years earlier, the contemporary Government of Punjab had awarded him a cash prize for his service to literature.).

==Famous works==
*Ganj-e-Maani (Latest edition published by Mehroom Memorial Literary Society, New Delhi, India – 1995)
*Rubaiyat-e-Mehroom (Latest edition published by Mehroom Memorial Literary Society, New Delhi, India – 1995)
*Nairang-e-Maani (Latest edition published by Mehroom Memorial Literary Society, New Delhi, India – 1996)
*Karwan-e-Watan (Published by Maktaba-e-Jamia Ltd, New Delhi, India – 1960)
*Shola Nawa (Published by Maktaba-e-Jamia Ltd, New Delhi, India – 1965)
*Bahar-e-Tifli (Published by Maktaba-e-Jamia Ltd, New Delhi, India – 1965)
*Bachchon Ki Duniya (Published by Maktaba-e-Jamia Ltd, New Delhi, India – 1967)
*Maharishi Darshan (Published by Aiwan-e-Adab, Lahore, British India – 1937)

==References==
{{reflist}}
Lall, Inder Jit; Tilok Chand Mahrum; The INdian P.E.N.; September 1966

==External links==
* [http://www.jagannathazad.info Tilok Chand Mehroom – Life & Work]
* [http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm Urdu Adab – Biography – Tilok Chand Mehroom]

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