Padmashree Kapil Mohan, who had established 'Old Monk' rum as a brand in the country and around the world, died on 6 January 2018. Man behind the success of Old Monk, died at 88. Another legend which gave an outstanding brand with we Indians can boast about outside India was the chairman of 'Old Monk' bottle maker Mohan Meakin Limited.

According to reports, Mohan died of heart failure in Ghaziabad-based house. Their company also produces alcohol and other non-alcoholic items other than rum.

Kapil Mohan was in the Army, retired on the post of the brigadier and he also received the Padma Shri award in 2010. After his death, many people expressed condolences on social media. He was the president of the municipal committee of Solan in Himachal Pradesh.

'Old Monk' was launched on December 19, 1954. After the command of Kapil Mohan, the Old Monk rum brand became popular not only in India but all over the world. Under his leadership, the company had expanded franchisees in different parts of India, besides establishing three new distilleries and two breweries. Mohan Meakin later stepped into glass, breakfast food, juice, and engineering industries too.

The turnover of active Mohan Meakin Limited, in different areas, is more than Rs. 400 crores.

He was an Indian Chairman, Entrepreneur and Managing Director of the Mohan Meakin, a distiller based and brewer based in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was honored with Vishisht Seva Medal and a brigadier until his singing-off his duty from the Indian Armed Forces.

He is the been the holder of the Doctoral Degree and is been the former Managing Director from the year of 1956 until 1966 for Trade Links Private Limited, He was also been the Director of the other group companies which were Mohan Rocky Springwater Breweries Limited, R. R. B. Energy Limited, Solchrome Systems India Limited and Arthos Breweries Limited. He was also the financier of General Mohyal Sabha, recognized as on the Mohyal Community Organization. In the year 2010, he was honored with the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India.

Mohan was hitched to Pushpa Mohan. Mohan was unwell in the course of the most recent couple of years of his life and had given over every day working of the different organizations to his nephews, Hemant and Vinay Mohan. His demise happened because of heart failure on 6 January 2018 and was made due by his significant other.

Tailing about his phenomenal product which he launched and got recognition for:

Old Monk Rum is a notable vatted Indian dark rum, propelled on 19 December 1954. It is mixed and matured for at least 7 years. It is a dark rum with a particular vanilla flavor, with a liquor substance of 42.8%. It is created in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, and was beforehand accessible in all parts of India.

There is no promoting, its notoriety relies upon informal exchange and unwaveringness of clients. Be that as it may, in 2013 Old Monk lost its rank as the biggest pitching dark rum to McDowell's No.1 Celebration Rum. Old Monk has been the greatest Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) mark for a long time.

Old Monk was positioned fifth among Indian spirits brands at the Impact International's 2008 rundown of "Top 100 Brands at Retail Value" with a retail estimation of US$240 million. It is sold in six size variations: 90 ml, 180 ml, 375 ml, 500ml, 750 ml, and 1-liter containers. Old Monk had been granted gold awards at Monde World Selections since 1982.