'Inspiring entrepreneur, lively soul': Tributes pour in for MDH owner 'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati

'Inspiring entrepreneur, lively soul': Tributes pour in for MDH owner 'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Thursday, December 03, 2020, 11:35 AM IST
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MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passed away on Thursday at 98 | File Photo

Tributes poured in Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the owner of the iconic spice brand MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti), who passed away in Delhi on Thursday at the age of 98.

All expressed condolences on the passing away of the man who has been the face of India's most popular spices brand.

"India's most inspiring entrepreneur, MDH owner Dharm Pal Mahashay passed away this morning. I have never met such an inspiring and lively soul. May his soul rest in peace," Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said.

"Mahashay Dharampal ji was a jovial man. He had a youth-like energy whenever he met. It was the result of his hard work that he built the country's largest company of spices after coming to India from Pakistan at the time of partition and driving a tonga. Inspiration to many, he has left us forever," BJP leader Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga said.

"Sad ...Dharampal ji was a member of almost every Indian Family. Om Shanti," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said in a tweet.

Who was Mahashay Dharampal Gulati?

โ€˜Mahashayโ€™ Dharampal Gulati has been the face of Mahashian Di Hatti, popularly known by its abbreviated name MDH, for years, featuring on its packets and appearing in its advertisements.

According to MDH website, he was born on March 27, 1923 in Sialkot in undivided India. Dharampal left school before completing 5th class. He set up a small business with his father 'Mahashay' Chunnilal in 1937 and later joined the parental business of spices under the name of 'Mahashian Di Hatti'. The family was popularly known as โ€˜Deggi Mirch Waleโ€˜ people in Sialkot.

After partition, Gulati migrated to Delhi, purchased a Tonga and drove it from New Delhi Railway Station to Qutab Road and Karol Bagh to Bara Hindu Rao to earn his living. Later, he sold his tonga, bought a small shop and started his business of spices under the banner of 'Mahashian Di Hatti of Sialkot Deggi Mirch Waleโ€˜ which later became a multi-billion rupee empire of MDH.

The company was officially set up in Delhi in 1959 after Gulati legally purchased land in Kirti Nagar and started the manufacturing unit.โ€˜Mahashayโ€™ Dharampal Gulati was named the FMCG sector's highest paid CEO in 2017 with Rs 21 crore as annual salary. Besides his Rs 1500-crore spices empire, the family also runs a charitable trust which has about 20 schools and a hospital.

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