Question: Mahashay Dharampal Gulati who passed away on 3 December 2020 was owner of which Indian spice company?
(a) MDH Spices
(b) Everest Spices
(c) Catch Spices
(d) Badshah Masala
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 3 December 2020, ‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati, owner of the famous spice company MDH Masala, passed away following a cardiac arrest in New Delhi.He was 98.
- Popularly known as the ‘Spice King’ , he was born in 1923 in Sialkot, Pakistan.
- In 2019, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the country.
- Gulati was India’s highest-paid FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)CEO in the year 2017.
- Expanded as Mahashian Di Hatti,MDH spice company was initially founded by his late father Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay