School dropout to highest-paid CEO: MDH's Dharampal Gulati saw it all

Mahashay Dharampal Gulati's journey brought him from Sialkot to a refugee camp in Amritsar in 1947 and then to Delhi where he rose to be known as 'Masala King'

Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the owner of MDH passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. The 98-year-old had recently defeated coronavirus before succumbing to a heart attack.

Gulati was undergoing treatment at a hospital in New Delhi where he suffered a cardiac arrest on December 3 morning. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ina tweet said that “Dharm Pal ji was very inspiring personality” who “dedicated his life for the society”.

Mahashay was also referred to as "masala king" and had cast a niche with his brand of spices not only in India but across the world. Born in 1923 in