MDH Owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati Dies at 99
Sunday, October 7, 2018 IST
Mahashian Di Hatti, better known as MDH, is a popular brand of spices in India and over the years Mahashay Dharampal Gulati had become the iconic face of the brand.
New Delhi: MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passed away at the age of 99 at a hospital in the national capital on Sunday, claimed media said.
Mahashian Di Hatti, better known as MDH, is a popular brand of spices in India and over the years Gulati had become the iconic face of the brand, featuring in its advertisements. The company began as a small shop in Pakistan's Sialkot, which was set up by his father before partition. However, after 1947, the family moved to the national capital.
According to popular stories, the MDH owner rented a tonga after arriving in Delhi and started ferrying travelers from Connaught Place to Karol Bagh. Forced into poverty, there were days Dharampal had no passengers. Some even hurled abuses at him.
Fed up of misery, he sold his tonga, rented a shop in Chandni Chowk in 1953, named it Mahashiyan Di Hatti (MDH) and started doing what he knew best — selling spices.
According to a report, the company was officially set up in the national capital in 1959 after Gulati legally bought a plot in Kirti Nagar and started the manufacturing unit. Later, he opened the same at Ajmal Khan Road in Karol Bagh area. Today, the company sells its spices across the globe with a multi-million dollar empire.
Gulati, popularly referred to as 'Mahashay ji' was born in 1922 in Pakistan's Sialkot.
Related Topics
Trending News & Articles
While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.
...
Recently posted . 64K views . 1 min read
The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...
Recently posted . 10K views . 1 min read
Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million.
Rahul and his girl friend was th...
Recently posted . 9K views . 7 min read
True – Tr...
Recently posted . 8K views . 83 min read
More in National
NEW DELHI: Maybe past performance isn’t the best predictor of future success.
Recently posted. 1K views . 0 min read
New Delhi: The Times Group on Wednesday looked for a perpetual directive against the utilization of the expression "the nation wants to know" on Republic ...
Recently posted. 1K views . 21 min read
Some nights, when the moon is large and full, we marvel at its grandeur.
Recently posted. 1K views . 0 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 3K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 3K views . 31 min read
Recently posted . 1K views . 48 min read
The metro rail corporation said the rates had been hiked after five years keeping in mind the charges levied by civic agencies in their parking lots. The increase c...
Recently posted. 809 views . 1 min read
Doordarshan staffer Mormukut Sharma recorded a heart wrenching video as he lay on the ground during the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, which left one of his collea...
Recently posted. 1K views . 1 min read