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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian spice producer}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Mahashian Di Hatti Private Limited<br />
| logo = Mahashian Di Hatti logo.png<br />
| type = [[Private company|Private]]<br />
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1963}}, [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| founder = Mahashay Chunnilal Gulati<br />
| key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Mahashay Dharampal Gulati]]<br>(Founder)|Rajeev Gulati<br>(Managing Director)|Jyoti Gulati<br>(Director)}}<br />
| industry = [[Food]], [[spices]]<br />
| products = Deegi Mirch, [[Chana masala]], Kitchen King, Chunky Chaat Masala, Meat Masala, Kasoori Methi, [[Garam masala]], [[Rajmah masala]], Shahi Paneer Masala, Dal Makhani Masala, Sabzi Masala.<br />
| revenue = {{increase}} [[Indian rupees|₹]]924 crore (2016)<ref name="FY results">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/fmcg-sectors-highest-paid-ceo-is-a-94-year-old-school-drop-out/articleshow/56613386.cms |title=MDH yearly results|date=17 January 2017 |website=IndiaTimes.com|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref><br />
| operating_income = {{increase}} [[Indian rupees|₹]]2000 crore (2020)<br />
| net_income = {{increase}} [[Indian rupees|₹]]420 crore (2020)<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Mahashian Di Hatti Private Limited''',<ref>{{cite web |title=MAHASHIAN DI HATTI PRIVATE LIMITED {{!}} Basic Company Information |url=https://www.tofler.in/mahashian-di-hatti-private-limited/company/U15495DL1965PTC004484 |website=tofler.in |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mahashian DI Hatti Ltd: Company Profile |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/9769869Z:IN-mahashian-di-hatti-ltd |website=[[Bloomberg.com]] |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> [[trade name|doing business as]] '''MDH''', is an [[India]]n spice producer and seller based in [[New Delhi]], India. It is the second largest leader in the Indian market with 12% market share, following S. Narendrakumar's [[Everest Spices]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/fmcg-sectors-highest-paid-ceo-is-a-94-year-old-school-drop-out/articleshow/56613386.cms|title=FMCG sector's highest paid CEO is a 94-year-old school drop-out |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref><br />
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CEO Mahashay [[Dharampal Gulati]] died on 3 December 2020, due to [[cardiac arrest]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Mahashay Chunnilal Gulati set up the masala company in 1919 in [[Sialkot]], [[British India]] currently located in the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab province]] of Pakistan since 1947.<ref name="ec">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/brand-equity/a-sneak-peek-into-the-flavourful-world-of-mdh/articleshow/4489023.cms?curpg=1|title=A sneak peek into the flavorful world of MDH|date=6 May 2009|work=Economic Times}}</ref> It is associated with Mahashay Chunnilal Charitable Trust.<br />
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[[Mahashay Dharampal Gulati]], the son of the founder moved to [[Delhi]] after the [[partition of India]]. He opened a shop in a shack and started selling spices like his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nEpPetXEo|title=Vyakti Vishesh: From a tangawala to billionaire: MDH man Mahashay Dharam Pal|last=ABP NEWS|date=24 October 2014|access-date=21 September 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> He later opened his shop at Ajmal Khan Road, [[Karol Bagh]] and expanded from there. In 1959 he bought a plot in [[Kirti Nagar]] to set up his own spice factory.<ref>[https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/12/13/delhi%E2%80%99s-refugees-the-spice-maker/ "A Tale of Two Refugees", by Diksha Sahni and Nikita Mehta, ''Wall Street Journal'', 13 December 2011]</ref><br />
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From there, he built the entire group to one of [[India]]'s leading spices manufacturers expanding to 15 factories. Speaking to The Economic Times last year, he said, "''My motivation to work is being sincere in product quality sold at affordable prices. And nearly 90% of my salary goes to charity in my personal capacity.''"<br />
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At the age of 94, Dharam Pal was the highest paid [[Fast-moving consumer goods|Fast Moving Consumer Goods]] (FMCG) CEO in [[India]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/fmcg/fmcgs-highest-paid-ceo-is-a-94-year-old-school-drop-out/articleshow/56608104.cms|title=FMCG sector's highest paid CEO is a 94-year-old school drop-out|first=Sagar|last=Malviya|date=21 September 2017|access-date=21 September 2017|via=The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> He took home over [[Indian rupee|₹]]21 [[crore]] as salary last fiscal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/fmcg-sectors-highest-paid-ceo-is-a-94-year-old-school-drop-out/articleshow/56613386.cms|title=FMCG sector's highest paid CEO is a 94-year-old school drop-out - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> Two years later, on March 16, 2019, the 14<sup>th</sup> [[President of India]] Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] award for Trade & Industry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLoqls7IQI|title=President Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to Mahashay Dharampal Gulati|date=16 March 2019|publisher=The President of India's Youtube channel|access-date=18 March 2019|via=Youtube}}</ref><br />
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==Current status==<br />
MDH today has a range of 62 products<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhawan |first1=Himanshi |title=At 95, this Padma Awardee is highest paid FCMG CEO |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-95-this-padma-awardee-is-highest-paid-fmcg-ceo/articleshow/67705963.cms |access-date=21 June 2020 |date=27 January 2019}}</ref> available in over 150 different packages. These include ground and blended spices, which are free of preservatives.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About us {{!}} MDH Spices|url=http://mdhspices.com/about-us/|access-date=2020-12-13|language=en-US}}</ref> MDH also sells other products, such as saffron.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Other Products {{!}} Product Categories {{!}} MDH Spices|url=http://mdhspices.com/product-category/other/|access-date=2020-12-13|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
==Charity work==<br />
MDH under the leadership of Mahashay Dharampal Gulati has developed more than 20 schools including MDH International School, Mahashay Chunnilal Saraswati Shishu Mandir (named after his late father), Mata Lilawati Kanya Vidyalaya (named after his late wife), and Mahashay Dharampal Vidya Mandir etc.<br />
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He started a 10-bed eye hospital at [[Arya Samaj]], Subhash Nagar, in November 1975. Later in January 1984, a 20-bed hospital was established in [[Janakpuri]], [[New Delhi]] to commemorate his late mother Mata Chanan Devi. Now it has 300 beds on about 5 acres of land, the hospital is equipped with MRI, CT scan, Heart Wing, Neuro Sciences, IVF etc.<br />
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