MDH Spices owner Dharampal Gulati dies at 98

Gulati suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday morning, according to News18. He had been receiving treatment at a hospital in Delhi for the past three weeks. 

The 98-year-old was the face of the MDH brand. He was also referred to as the “grand old man of spices”. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor, in 2019. 

Twitter was flooded with tributes for Gulati. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia remembered him as India’s “most inspiring entrepreneur”. “I have never met such an inspiring and lively soul,” Sisodia tweeted. “May his soul rest in peace.”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also paid tributes to Gulati. “Dharm Pal Ji was [a] very inspiring personality,” he tweeted. “He dedicated his life to society. God bless his soul.”