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Who is MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati?
MDH, or Mahashian Di Hatti, is owned by Mahashay Dharampal Gulati. The 99-year-old has featured in a number of the brand’s television and print commercials. The advertisement jingle and Gulati cameo appearances have made MDH one of the most recognisable brands in India.
Born on March 27, 1923, in Sialkot, now in Pakistan, Gulati dropped out of school in class five. In 1937, he set up a small business of mirrors, soaps and carpentry with his father’s help. The business further expanded with him selling cloth and hardware. He ever started trading in rice. In spite of the expansion, his business did not last and he joined his family business of making spices under the name of Mahashian Di Hatti, which was also known as ‘Deggi Mirch wale’.
Gulati arrived in India after the partition and reached Delhi in September 1947, with Rs 1,500 in his pockets. According to his profile on the MDH website, Gulati briefly worked as a cart puller. With the money earned by doing meagre jobs, he established a small shop and named it after his family business, thus raising the banner of MDH of Sialkot.
Gulati is also known for his philanthropic work and established a hospital in Janakpuri, New Delhi and a number of educational institutions.
Gulati was reportedly the highest paid CEO in the FMCG sector in 2017. His company MDH had posted a 15% jump in revenues to Rs 924 crore with a 24% increase in net profit at Rs 213 crore, according to an ET report.
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His rags-to-riches story is the stuff legends are made of. MDH — an acronym for ‘Mahashian Di Hatti, which means ‘respected man’s shop’ — made the concept of ready-to-use spices a reality for consumers across the world.
Mahashay Dharampal Gulati was born in 1923 in Sialkot, then India (now in Pakistan). However, the story begins in 1919, when his father, Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati, set up a shop to sell spices and called it ‘Mahashian Di Hatti’.
Dharampal was not very interested in studies and had dropped out of his school he was in class five. He started selling mirrors, soap, etc. and also tried his hand at carpentry. But none of these ventures took off. So, he had no option but to assist his father in selling spices. As the business grew locally, they became popular as ‘Deggi Mirch Wale’.
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But 1947 and the partition changed their lives completely. The family had to leave everything behind and move to India. Dharampal reached a refugee camp in Amritsar, from where, soon he and his brother left for Delhi with only Rs 1,500.
On reaching Delhi, Dharampal bought a tonga — a horse-drawn two-wheeled cart — for Rs 650 and began ferrying people. Soon, he let go of the tonga because it was not bringing in enough money to sustain the family’s expenses. Then he bought a shop measuring 14 feet by 9 feet in Karol Bagh, Delhi, and started his family business of ground spices afresh.
As word spread about the ‘Sialkot's Spice
'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati: How A Tonga Puller In The 1950s Ended Up Becoming India’s Spice King, The Story Of 'MDH Uncle'
Most fondly known as ‘Mahashay', Dharampal Gulati came to India after partition with just Rs 1,500 in his hand, bought a tonga, and used to ferry travelers from Connaught Place to Karol Bagh.
By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 03 Dec 2020 03:37 PM (IST)
It is a sad day for almost every generation as the King of Spices, MDH owner ‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati passed on December 3 after suffering from cardiac arrests. All of us can never forget the iconic advertisement of MDH masale and the song 'Asli Masaale Sach Sach' featuring 'MDH uncle' is fresh in our minds. Also Read|Cyclone Burevi: IMD Issues Red Alert In 4 Districts Of Kerala; Amit Shah Monitoring Situation Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, famously known as the ‘MDH uncle’, ‘Dadaji’, ‘Masala King’, or ‘King of Spices’ was the owner and CEO of MDH (Mahshian Di Hatti). Most fondly known as ‘Mahashay', Gulati was born in 1923 in Pakistan’s Sialkot, Gulati was born (1923) and raised in Sialkot, Pakistan. His father Dharampal’s father Chuni Lal sold spices from a small shop Mahashian Di Hat. He left his studies at a very young age to help his father at the shop.
Dharampal Gulati-from a Tonga driver to becoming the spice 'king'
In 1947, he and his family had to move to India, given the partition. From a refugee camp in Amritsar, the family went on to live in an unfacilitated flat in Delhi. His father handed him Rs 1500 and he used Rs 650 to buy a tonga. According to popular stories, the MDH owner started ferrying travellers from Connaught Place to Karol Bagh in his tonga. Forced into poverty, there were days Dharampal had no passengers. Some reportedly even hurled abuses at him. He went ahead and sold the tonga as the going got tough. His family business was grinding spices and was even referred to as “deggi mirch wale”, which translates to ‘people who sell red chiliDharampal Gulati
Indian businessman (1923–2020)
Dharampal Gulati (27 March 1923 – 3 December 2020), also known as Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, was an Indian businessman, and founder and CEO of MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti; transl. "gentlemen's shop"), an Indian spice company.
He was referred to as 'spice-king' in reference to his pioneering of ready-to-use ground spices. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2019.
Early life
Gulati was born on 27 March 1923 in Sialkot in present-day Pakistan. His father, Chunnilal Gulati, had a spice shop in the town named Mahashian Di Hatti, which was also known by the name Deggi Mirch Wale. In 1933, at the age of 10, he dropped out of school and worked assorted jobs including carpentry, rice trading, and selling hardware, before joining in to help his father in his spice business.
Joining his father's spice shop in Sialkot, Gulati helped expand the store to Lahore, Shekhupura, Nankana Sahib, Lyallpur, and Multan in Punjab. He recounts the business in Mallika Ahluwalia's book, Divided by Partition: United by Resilience, growing with a turnover between ₹500 and ₹800 per day during this time.
However, in 1947, with the partition of India, the family was forced to leave Sialkot and make the journey across to what would be present day India. The family spent time in a refugee camp in Amritsar before making it across to New Delhi, to join his sister. He bought a tonga (English: horse carriage) for ₹650, and operated around New Delhi railway station, Qutab Road, and Karol Bagh to make ends meet. Finding other tangawallas uncouth, and with little monetary reward, he opened a small stall to sell cane sugar which he shut down due to no prospects.
Career
In 1958, he set up a small wooden pop-up store in the