Mahashay Dharampal Gulati

Mahashay Dharampal Gulati (27 March 1923 – 3 December 2020) was an Indian businessman. Dharampal Gulati was born on 27 March 1923 in Sialkot in present-day Pakistan. His father was Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati, the founder of MDH. His family migrated to India during the partition of India. The family spent some time in a refugee camp in Amritsar, and then they moved to Delhi in search of work. Once in Delhi, Gulati opened a spice shop in Karol Bagh. In 1953, he rented a second shop in Chandni Chowk. In 1959, Gulati purchased land in Kirti Nagar, New Delhi to set up the manufacturing unit of Mahashian Di Hatti. As of 2017, Gulati was the highest-paid fast-moving consumer goods CEO in India. He took home over Rs 21 crore as salary last fiscal. In 2019, the Government of India honoured Gulati with Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. Gulati donated nearly 90% of his salary to charity under the banner of the Mahashay Chunni Lal Charitable Trust. The Trust operates a 250-beds hospital in Delhi, along with a mobile hospital for slum dwellers and four schools. Gulati was undergoing treatment at Chanan Devi Hospital in Delhi for the last three weeks. He suffered cardiac arrest on the Thursday morning of 26 November 2020. He died at 5:38 AM on 3 December 2020.

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