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MDH's Dharampal Gulati passes away: Story of India's 'King of Spices'

'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati, the owner and face of masala brand MDH Spices passed away on December 3. He was 97 years old. 

'Mahashay' Dharampal Gulati, the owner and face of masala brand MDH Spices passed away on December 3. He was 97 years old.

Reports suggested, Gulati was undergoing treatment at a hospital in New Delhi where he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Gulati was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan) on March 27, 1923 and later migrated to India after the partition. He dropped out of school and set up a small business in 1937 with the help of his father Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati, before joining the family business of spices.

Watch this video to know more about the life of India's 'King of Spices'.