New Delhi: MDH Spices had denied media reports of the ‘death’ of its iconic owner ‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati.
Speaking to News18, the company’s Executive Vice-President Rajendra Kumar said the reports were baseless. “This is completely shocking, baseless and false. The rumour started on social media yesterday. I appeal to the people not to fall prey to such rumours,”.
Earlier On Sunday, section of media had erroneously reported the death of the MDH owner, fondly known as ‘Mahashay’. Asked about the reaction of the nonagenarian to the rumours, Kumar said, “He says he feels young again as so many people called up to inquire and expressed their love for him after knowing that he’s alive and well.”
Mahashian Di Hatti, better known as MDH, is a popular brand of spices in India and over the years ‘Mahashay’ has become the iconic face of the company, featuring in its advertisements. He was born in 1919 in Pakistan’s Sialkot where the roots of the multi-million dollar empire lay.
The company began as a small shop in the city, which was set up by his father before partition. However, after 1947, the family moved to the national capital and rented a shop in Chandni Chowk in 1953, named it Mahashiyan Di Hatti (MDH) and started doing what he knew best — selling spices.
Today, the company sells its spices across the globe, making Gulati the highest paid FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) CEO in India in 2017.
It is one of the biggest brands of spices, and manufactures almost 50 different types of spices. Despite his age, it is said that Gulati takes all major business decisions.
