MDH owner 'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati passes away at 98

Updated: 03 December, 2020 09:16 IST | mid-day online correspondent | New Delhi

Dharampal Gulati, who was fondly called 'Mahashayji', was born in Pakistan's Sialkot in 1923

MDH owner Dharampal Gulati
MDH owner Dharampal Gulati

Dharampal Gulati, the owner of MDH Masala, passed away on Thursday morning. He was 98. According to reports, Gulati was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi for the last three weeks. He suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday morning.

Fondly called 'Mahashayji', Gulati was born in Pakistan’s Sialkot in 1923. A school dropout, Gulati joined his father's spice business in Sialkot and, after partition, moved to India where he opened a shop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh.

He built the entire group to one of India's leading spices manufacturer expanding to 15 factories. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2019.

Expressing his condolences, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Dharampal Gulati started his small business and made a mark of himself.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia remembered him as “India's most inspiring entrepreneur”.

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First Published: 03 December, 2020 09:01 IST

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