Mehroom died on 6 January 1966 after an illness of five weeks.
Born in a Hindu family, Mehroom grew up in a predominantly Muslim community.
There were no libraries in the schools of
North West Frontier Province when Mehroom was growing up.
Mehroom was born in the village of Mousa Noor
Zaman Shah Mianwali District, Punjab(now Pakistan) on 1 July 1885.
Camp College was established in Hastings School and Mehroom was appointed to the post of Professor of Urdu.
Mehroom's first major publication was Ganj-e-Ma'ani
which contained a rich variety of 175 nazms as well as many rubais, qasidas, sehras, and nohas.
After the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom wrote poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life
and the instability of relationships.
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.
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.
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.
Tilok Chand Mehroom(1 July 1887-
6 January 1966)(Urdu: تِلوک چند محر وم)( Hindi: त ल क च द महर म) was an eminent Urdu poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.