Dharampal Gulati was born on 27th March 1923 in Sialkot in present Pakistan. His father was a spice shop in the town of Chunilal Gulati, named Mahashian di Hatti, also known as The Digi Chilli Vele. In the year 1933, at the age of 10, he droved out of school and worked in various jobs, including carpentry, rice trading, and hardware selling before joining to help his father in his spice business.

Joining his father's spice shop in Sialkot, Gulati helped expand the shop in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Lyallpur, and Multan in Punjab. He calculates the business in Mallika Ahluwalia's book, Divided by Partition: United by Registration, which is currently growing with a turnover of between Rs 500 crores to Rs 800 crores.

However, in 1947, with the partition of India, the family was forced to leave Sialkot and make that trip whatever it would be in present India.  The family spent time in a refugee camp in Amritsar before building in New Delhi to join their sister. He bought a Tanga for 650 rupees and operated around New Delhi Railway Station, Qutub Road, and Karol Bagh to meet the ends. Finding the mouths of the other Tangawalas, and with little monetary reward, he opened a small stall to sell the sugarcane, which he closed without any possibility.

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