The owner of MDH Masala, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, died Thursday morning. Most of us have grown up listening to the MDH Masala jingle – “Asli masala sach sach, MDH … MDH “and Dharampal Gulati ruled kitchens in India for nearly seven decades. Even in his nineties, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati was actively involved in running MDH Masala. He was reportedly receiving treatment at Mata Chanan Devi in Delhi and suffered cardiac arrest this morning The owner of MDH received India’s third highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan, last year.
Dharampal Gulati, owner of MDH Masala, dies: this is why his life inspires us
- The king of spices Dharampal Gulati was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan) on March 27, 1923. His family moved to India after Partition during Independence.
- MDH or Mahashian Di Hatti was founded by Dharampal Gulati’s father, Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati.
- From a small establishment in Pakistan’s Sialkot in 1919, MDH Masala became one of the largest spice manufacturers in India with a turnover of over Rs 15 billion.
- A high school dropout, the owner of MDH, was a self-made billionaire and was once the highest paid CEO in India.
- MDH Masala now exports spices to about 100 countries around the world and has offices in London and Dubai.
- Stories about the life of the owner of MDH and masala baron say that he was even forced to drive the tonga in Delhi in its early days.
- “My motivation to work is to be sincere in the quality of the products sold at affordable prices. And almost 90% of my salary goes to charity in a personal capacity,” Dharampal Gulati had told the economic daily Economic Times in 2017.
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