End of An Era! MDH's Spice King Dharampal Gulati passes away
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New Delhi, December, 03: The owner and CEO of the iconic spice masala brand MDH, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passed away aged 97 on Thursday morning due to cardiac arrest. He undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi.
Dharampal Gulati was a man who himself became the face of his company's advertisements. His decision to appear on the masala commercials for his brand became a big commercial success story making MDH and 'Dadaji' household names in the country. The most special of which was his red turban which he was seen wearing in an advertisement.
Most fondly known as ‘Mahashay', Gulati was born in 1919 in Pakistan’s Sialkot, where his father had set up a small shop. However, after partition in 1947, his family moved to Delhi in India. In 1953, Gulati rented a shop in Chandni Chowk, named it Mahashiyan Di Hatti (MDH), and started selling spices. his was the starting of Mashian Di Hatti (MDH), his father's legacy.
At present, the MDH Spices enterprise has now grown into a Rs 1,500 crore empire with 15 factories. As per reports, Gulati became the highest-paid CEO of an FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company in India in 2017.
The business did not just flourish in India but he became a distributor and exporter as well. At present, MDH spices are exported to various parts of the world including the UK, Europe, UAE, Canada.
President Ram Nath Kovind expresses deep grief over the demise of Padma Bhushan, Dharam Pal Gulati.
पद्म भूषण से सम्मानित, 'महाशयां दी हट्टी' (एमडीएच) के अध्यक्ष श्री धर्मपाल गुलाटी जी के निधन से दुःख हुआ। वे भारतीय उद्योग जगत के एक प्रसिद्ध व्यक्तित्व थे। समाज सेवा के लिए किये गए उनके कार्य भी सराहनीय हैं। उनके परिवार व प्रशंसकों के प्रति मेरी शोक-संवेदनाएं। pic.twitter.com/9Z2e5Rgl82
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) December 3, 2020
मसाला किंग के नाम से प्रसिद्ध वरिष्ठ समाजसेवी व #MDH के मालिक महाशय #DharampalGulati जी के निधन का दुखद समाचार प्राप्त हुआ।
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) December 3, 2020
वे संघर्ष और परिश्रम के एक अद्भुत प्रतीक थे।सफ़लता प्राप्ति हेतु उनका संघर्षपूर्ण जीवन हर देशवासी को प्रेरित करता है।
ईश्वर दिवंगत की आत्मा को शांति दें!