New Delhi: Mahashiya Dharmapal ji, the owner of the country's spice company Mahasia Di Hatti (MDH), has passed away. He breathed his last at 5.38 in the morning. He was 98. He died of a heart attack after recovering from  corona. He was honored with Padma Bhushan last year by President Ram Nath Kovind for his outstanding contribution to business and industry.

Gulati was born on March 27, 1923 in Sialkot (Pakistan). He returned to India after the partition of the country in 1947. Then he had just Rs 1,500. After coming to India, he started running a tonga for the survival of the family. Then soon his family got enough property to open a spice shop on Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, Delhi.

From this shop, the spice business gradually expanded to such an extent that today they have 18 spice factories in India and Dubai. MDH spices prepared in these factories reach all over the world. MDH has 62 products. The company claims to occupy 80 percent of the market in northern India. Dharampal Gulati used to advertise his products by his own. He was considered the oldest ad star in the world.

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