MDH Spices owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passes away at 98

‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati, the owner of spices company ‘Mahashian Di Hatti’, popularly known as MDH, has passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was 98.
Gulati was known as the ‘‘The king of spices”, and fondly called ‘dalaji’ and ‘Mahashayji’ by his near and dear ones.
Dharampal Gulati was born in 1923 in Sialkot, Pakistan and moved to India after partition in 1947.
He officially established his company in 1959 and MDH now has more than 60 products.
Gulati was honoured with the third highest civilian award, ‘Padma Bhushan’, in 2019.