Tilok Chand Mehroom

Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996) was a famous Urdu poet of India.

Early life

Mehroom was born in Mianwali District, Punjab, India (now Pakistan) into a Hindu family.cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1966)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26] After earning his B.A. he joined, in 1908, the Mission High School at Dera Ismail Khan as a teacher of English.By the 1940s he was a widely-recognized master of Urdu poetry and was Professor of Urdu Literature at Gordon College, Rawalpindi.His son Jagannath Azad was also a prominent poet and wrote Pakistan's first National Anthem on the request of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. After the partition of India, Mehroom and his son were forced to move to Delhi.cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1966)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]

Poetry

Early in life, after the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom was inspired to write poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life and the instability of relationships.cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26] The most famous of these poems is "Ashk-e-Hasrat", which is part of his larger collection "Toofan-e-Ghum".cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26] Tilok Chand Mehroom's first major publication was named "Ganj-e-Maani".cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26] This publication contained a rich variety of 175 nazms, besides rubaies, qasidas, sehras, and nohas.cite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26] Art critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, Muhammad Iqbal, Firaq, Kaifi, Josh Malsiani and Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.cite web|url = http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/E02117C8DE1706B465257138001A2F7F?OpenDocument&StartKey=Tilok&count=10| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom |publisher = CSCS|accessdate = 2007-10-26]

Famous Works

*Ganj-e-Maanicite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]
*Rubaiyat-e-Mehroomcite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]
*Karwan-e-Watancite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]
*Nairang-e-Maanicite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]
*Shola Nawacite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]
*Aks-e-Jameelcite web|url = http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm| title = Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996)|publisher = Urdu Net|accessdate = 2007-10-26]

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