MDH owner Dharampal Gulati passes away at 98
Date: 03/12/2020
'Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati, the owner and CEO of the long-lasting spice masala brand MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti), gave up the ghost on Thursday at the age of 98.
Known as the ''The king of spices'', Dharampal Gulati, was undergoing treatment at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in Delhi for the last three weeks. His condition deteriorated on Wednesday night and he gave up the ghost on Thursday morning due to asystole .
Most fondly referred to as ‘Mahashay', Gulati was born in 1919 in Pakistan’s Sialkot, where his father had found out alittle shop. However, after partition in 1947, his family moved to Delhi in India. In 1953, Gulati rented a store in Chandni Chowk, named it Mahashiyan Di Hatti (MDH), and began selling spices.
From alittle shop in Karol Bagh, ‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati built MDH together of India's leading spices brand. He officially established his company in 1959. At that point , he bought a bit of land in Kirti Nagar to line up a producing unit. at the present , MDH Spices, which reportedly manufactures nearly 50 different sorts of spices, has 15 factories across the country and sells its products across the world , as per reports. As per reports, Gulati became highest-paid CEO of an FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company in India in 2017.
Humble beginnings
Dharampal Gulati was born and raised in Pakistan. His father Chuni Lal sold spices at a store called Mahasian Di Hatti that opened back in 1919. The family migrated to India and that they stayed as a refugee in Amritsar.
When Gulati left together with his brother-in-law to Delhi, that's when he bought a horse-drawn carriage (Tanga) with the cash his father gave him. Back then, when he realised that the business wasn't doing well, he decided to open alittle shop and restarted his circle of relatives business of selling spices in Karol Bagh (A popular market located in Central Delhi). Slowly, he noticed that the pace at which the spices were selling was helping him gain success as this was an untouched niche during that point .
Later, Gulati rented another shop in Chandni Chowk to start his factory. This was the starting of Mashian Di Hatti (MDH), his father's legacy.
The business didn't just flourish in India but he became a distributor and exporter also . at the present , MDH spices are exported to varied parts of the planet including the united kingdom , Europe, UAE, Canda.
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