The “King of Spices” Mahashay Dharampal Gulati is no more. On the early morning of December 3, Thursday MDH owner died after a cardiac arrest. He was undergoing the treatment of Covid-19 at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, New Delhi.
Here are some facts about his life and his journey from ordinary spice owner to “Spice King.”
Journey Of Dharampal Gulati To Dadaji
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Dharampal Gulati aka “Dadaji” was born in undivided India at Sialkot(now in Pakistan) on 27 March 1923. After the partition, he moved to India with his family.
He tried his hands on several businesses such as hardware, carpentry, soap, etc… However, nothing turned out profitable so he began working with his father who owned a small spice shop,” Mahashian Di Hatti.”
Gulati took his father’s business from a small scale to a spice empire. His MDH spices soon became popular and he became “Dadaji” from Dharampal Gulati.
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His Contribution To The Society
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In 2019, he was also awarded Padma Bhushan by President Ramnath Kovind for his unique contribution to the food processing industry.
He was also a philanthropist and run Mahashay Chunni Lal Charitable Trust to which he gave 90 percent of his salary. Furthermore, Dadaji also financially support people in need.
More than 20 schools were opened under his leadership two of which are after his parent’s name- Mahashay Chunnilal Saraswati Shishu Mandir and Mata Lilawati Kanya Vidyalaya.
Besides this, he had also established an eye hospital in 1975 which was a 10-bed hospital. In 1984, he established another hospital with more bed facilities in Janakpuri, New Delhi.
At present both the hospitals have facilities to accommodate more patients and equipped with modern technologies.
Here Is How Twitter Users Remembered The “Dadaji”
School mein poems yaad nahi rehti thi, par MDH ki jingle ek hi baar mein yaad ho gayi thi
Asli Masale Sach Sach .MDH..MDHThank you for spicing up our foods.
Rest In Peace Mahashay Dharampal Gulati#mdhmasala #DharampalGulati #MDH pic.twitter.com/8l60au1HTgโ Amul Joshi (@amul_joshi) December 3, 2020
I don’t remember a time when i didn’t knew this man… whenever I look at this pic a BGM plays…”Asli masale Sach sach, MDH, MDH” a legendary person indeed.. May he rest in peace now.
Om Shanti ๐ pic.twitter.com/Y4fFw5fwKi
โ Viykram ๐ค (@crazy_primus) December 3, 2020
It’s sad to say the man who filled up our lives with spices is no more with us
RIP #DharampalGulati ji ๐๐ป#RIPDharampalGulati
Asli masale sach sach MDH MDH ๐ pic.twitter.com/gbqZZuH1ZMโ ูุฑุฏุกู ู ฺูฉ ๐๐ (@Fardeen65327538) December 3, 2020
The whole country is expressing condolences on the death of 98-year-old Gulati on Thursday morning.
R.I.P to ” King of Spices.”