Ajit Doval: Difference between revisions

| office              = 5th [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor of India]]

| alma_mater          = [[Agra University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]] ([[MPhil]])

| awards              = [[File:Kirti Chakra ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Kirti Chakra]]<br>[[File:IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png|20px]] [[Police Medal (India)|Police Medal]]<br>[[File:IND_President's_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png|20px]] [[President's Police Medal]]

| profession          = [[Bureaucrat]]<ref name=IN/>

| nickname            = ''[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] of India ''<ref>https://www.firstpost.com/india/nsa-ajit-doval-turns-77-today-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-james-bond-of-india-10303881.html/amp&ved=2ahUKEwj26vP3guL8AhUUxzgGHSMzBIUQFnoECF4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0lPYH9QCCmgQqsr6lE0YGK</ref>

| occupation          = • National Security Advisors to Prime minister<ref name=IN>https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/list-of-officers-pmo/</ref><br/>

'''Ajit Kumar Doval''' {{post nominals|list= [[Kirti Chakra|KC]], [[President's Police Medal|PPM]]}} (born 20 January 1945) is the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisors]] (NSA) of India to the Prime minister [[Narendra Modi]]. <ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=NSA Ajit Doval turns 77 today; all you need to know about the 'James Bond of India' |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/nsa-ajit-doval-turns-77-today-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-james-bond-of-india-10303881.html |access-date=2022-01-31 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> He was a [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] spy, [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] (IB) chief and [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=bbchi>{{cite news|title=डोवाल बने राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/india/2014/05/140530_ajit_doval_new_nsa_aa|access-date=4 June 2014|publisher=BBC|date=31 May 2014|language=hi|quote=...अजित कुमार डोवाल को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार...|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108114800/http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/india/2014/05/140530_ajit_doval_new_nsa_aa|archive-date=8 January 2015|trans-title=Doval becomes National Security Advisor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ajit-doval-theory-practice|title=Ajit Doval in theory and practice|last=Donthi|first=Praveen|date=September 2017|website=[[The Caravan]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>  

He previously served as the [[Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)|director]] of the IB in 2004–05, after working for a decade as the head of its operation wing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-21|title=Ajit Doval Biography: Birth, Education, Awards, IPS, Intelligence and NSA Career|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/ajit-doval-biography-1594037328-1|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref> He worked as an undercover spy of RAW for one year in Pakistan, where he gathered information of various terrorist organisations and then 6 years as an officer in [[Indian High Commission, Islamabad|Indian high commission]] in Islambad.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |title=WHO IS AJIT DOVAL |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-ajit-doval |access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref>   

He is popularly called as "[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] of India" due to his astonishing achivements as a RAW spy and service in IB.<ref name=":6" /> He spent most part of his career as a spy of IB.<ref name=":7" />  

 

He was the founder director of right-wing think tank [[Vivekananda International Foundation]] (VIF), before appointment as NSA. It was founded in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pubby |first=Manu |title=Pro-BJP think tank Vivekananda International Foundation skewers government on ‘One Rank One Pension’ |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pro-bjp-think-tank-vivekananda-international-foundation-skewers-government-on-one-rank-one-pension/articleshow/48535125.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2017-09-23 |title=Former deputy NSA Arvind Gupta to head Vivekananda Intl Foundation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/former-nsa-arvind-gupta-to-head-vivekananda-intl-foundation/story-1DI4dJZc9jzKwt60EKzY1K.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

Doval was born in 1945 in Ghiri Banelsyun village in [[Pauri Garhwal district|Pauri Garhwal]] in the erstwhile [[United Provinces (1937-1950)|United Provinces]], now in [[Uttarakhand]]. Doval's father, Major G. N. Doval, was an officer in the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Semwal|first=GP|date=23 June 2014|title=Doval laments Uttarakhand's poor pace of development, growth|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/doval-laments-uttarakhands-poor-pace-of-development-growth.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824221539/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/doval-laments-uttarakhands-poor-pace-of-development-growth.html|archive-date=24 August 2017|access-date=5 September 2021|website=The Pioneer}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-21|title=Top positions in country's security establishments helmed by men from Uttarakhand|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms?|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221184712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms|archive-date=21 December 2016|access-date=2018-03-20|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

He received his early education at the [[Ajmer Military School]] in [[Ajmer]], Rajasthan.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Rashtriya Military School Ajmer.|url=https://www.rashtriyamilitaryschoolajmer.in/sctb.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.rashtriyamilitaryschoolajmer.in}}</ref> He graduated with a master's degree in [[economics]] from the [[Agra University]] in 1967.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=30 August 2017|title=Ajit Doval: The most powerful person in India after PM Modi|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/ajit-doval-the-most-powerful-person-in-india-after-pm-modi/dobal-magic/slideshow/54405118.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827020355/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/ajit-doval-the-most-powerful-person-in-india-after-pm-modi/dobal-magic/slideshow/54405118.cms|archive-date=27 August 2017|access-date=2017-08-24|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> He has been awarded an honorary doctorate from [[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University]] (formerly Agra University) in December 2017; [[Kumaun University]] in May 2018;<ref>{{cite web|author=Siraj Qureshi|date=6 December 2017|title=Colleges, universities have responsibilities to impart skills to students: Ajit Doval|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ajit-doval-colleges-universities-students-skills-global-competition-1101785-2017-12-06|access-date=5 September 2021|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Santoshi|first=Neeraj|date=2018-05-18|title=NSA Ajit Doval has a four-point mantra for success|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/nsa-ajit-doval-has-a-four-point-mantra-for-success/story-AhRiJl3uJtSNj2dgfvNX5L.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> and [[Amity University, Noida|Amity University]], in November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|authors=PTI|date=3 November 2018|title=India's 'human capital' can counter China's 'rare mineral wealth': NSA Ajit Doval|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/03/indias-human-capital-can-counter-chinas-rare-mineral-wealth-nsa-ajit-doval-1893875.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=3 November 2018|title=Amity awards more than more than 7700 degrees and diplomas upon qualified graduands during the third day of Convocation 2018|url=http://alumni.amity.edu/AmityNews.aspx?EventId=4721|access-date=5 September 2021|website=alumni.amity.edu (Amity Alumni Association)}}</ref>

Doval joined the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) in 1968 in the [[Kerala]] cadre as the ASP of [[Kottayam]] district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Cithara|date=27 February 2020|title=How Ajit Doval, the Centre's man Friday, suppressed a riot in Kerala in 1972|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/02/27/how-ajit-doval-the-centres-man-friday-suppressed-a-riot-in-kerala-in-1972.html|access-date=5 September 2021|website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WR1eDwAAQBAJ&q=AJITH+DOVAL+KOTTAYAM+ASP&pg=PT137|title = Kannur: Inside India's Bloodiest Revenge Politics|isbn = 9789353051051|last1 = Ullekh|first1 = N. P.|date = 19 June 2018}}</ref>  He was posted in north-east India.{{When|date=January 2023}} He was a spy of [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW), lived in Pakistan for seven years and did espionage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=Ajit Doval Birthday: The Brain Behind Surgical Strikes And Man of Many Firsts |url=https://www.india.com/news/india/nsa-ajit-doval-birthday-know-all-about-the-surgical-strike-mastermind-who-spent-7-years-in-pak-as-indian-spy-james-bond-of-india-5194981/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=India.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Srinath|date=5 August 2015|title=NSA Ajit Doval underlines use of power: India should stop punching below its weight|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ajit-doval-underlines-use-of-power-india-should-stop-punching-below-its-weight/|access-date=5 September 2021|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>  

Doval worked in [[Thalassery]], Kerala, for a few months in 1972, before joining the central service.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sudhakaran|first=P|date=1 October 2016|title=James Bond: How 'Indian James Bond' Ajit Doval had managed riot-hit Thalassery|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/How-Indian-James-Bond-Ajit-Doval-had-managed-riot-hit-Thalassery/articleshow/54624704.cms|access-date=5 September 2021|website=The Times of India}}</ref>  He has the experience of being involved in the termination of all 15 hijackings of [[Indian Airlines]] aircraft from 1971 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Anil|title=IA's Terror Trail|publisher=Shehna Books|others=Ajit K Doval (Foreword)|year=2014|isbn=9789351561811}}</ref> In the headquarters, he headed IB's operations wing for over a decade and was founder Chairman of the [[Multi-Agency Centre|Multi Agency Centre]] (MAC), as well as of the Joint Task Force on Intelligence (JTFI).<ref name="giant">{{cite web|last=Datta|first=Saikat|date=28 May 2014|title=Ajit Doval, giant among spies, is the new National Security Advisor|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ajit-doval-giant-among-spies-reports-back-for-duty-soon/article1-1223709.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531033653/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ajit-doval-giant-among-spies-reports-back-for-duty-soon/article1-1223709.aspx|archive-date=31 May 2014|access-date=5 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>  

In 1988 during [[Operation Black Thunder]], he infiltrated in [[Golden Temple|Golden temple]] posing as an [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]] agent, did espionage on [[Khalistani terrorism|Khalistani terrorists]], Doval gathered information about their weapons and made maps of their positions, he became an important member in their group gave wrong advices to them to sabotaged, it helped [[National Security Guard]]s (NSG) to win [[Golden Temple]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-21 |title=पाकिस्तानमध्ये गुप्तहेर म्हणून काम करत असताना पकडले गेले होते अजित डोभाल |url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/news/birthday-of-national-security-advisor-ajit-doval-and-interesting-facts-as-a-spy-in-pakistan-gh-515139.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=News18 Lokmat |language=mr}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

He played a role in intelligence for Sikkim's merger with India.<ref name="tel">{{cite news|date=7 July 2004|title=Kandahar negotiator gets IB top post|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040708/asp/nation/story_3469111.asp|url-status=dead|access-date=27 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007010606/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040708/asp/nation/story_3469111.asp|archive-date=7 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Sudeept|date=26 May 2016|title=Sikkim Day: How Sikkim Became a Part of India|language=en|work=The Quint|url=https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/india/2016/05/16/sikkim-day-how-sikkim-became-a-part-of-india|access-date=2017-08-31}}</ref> He was trained under [[M. K. Narayanan]], the third National Security Advisor of India for a brief period in counterterrorism operations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-10|title=Checking out the Doval detail: Some myth, some reality, and much folklore|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/checking-out-the-doval-detail-some-myth-some-reality-and-much-folklore/132198/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> He was part of the team which sent to [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]], Afganistan for negotiations to release passengers of [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|hijacked  aeroplane IC-814.]]<ref name="tel" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Raman|first=B.|author-link=B. Raman|date=2010-04-23|title=M.K.Narayanan|url=http://southasiaanalysis.org/papers37/paper3619.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623174351/http://southasiaanalysis.org/papers37/paper3619.html|archive-date=23 June 2012|access-date=2017-09-03|website=South Asia Analysis Group}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|last=Yadav|first=Yatish|date=17 August 2016|title=Return of the Superspy|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Return-of-the-Superspy/2014/06/08/article2265019.ece|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817150726/http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Return-of-the-Superspy/2014/06/08/article2265019.ece|archive-date=17 August 2016|access-date=3 August 2016|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>  

[[Surgical Strike India 2016|2016 Surgical strike on Pakistan]] was part of Ajit Doval's 'offensive defence stretegy'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who strategised the Indian Army's surgical strikes across the LoC? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/surgical-strike-pakistan-uri-attack-army-loc-344030-2016-09-29 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

Doval was one of the seven person who knew about India's highly classified 2019 [[Balakot airstrike]], including Indian Navy, army, airforce chiefs and prime minister Narendra Modi. After Pakistan based terrorist [[Pulwama attack|attacked convoy of CRPF by car bomb]] in [[Pulwama]] and martyred 40, [[Indian Air Force|India airforce]] did unprecedented airstrike on terrorist bases in Pakistan. Doval was awake that whole night with dignitaries in the war room.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Only seven people knew about airstrike on Balakot. |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/only-seven-people-knew-of-the-timing-of-air-strike-on-balakot/story-EjRsyhfQZg8VMgreUVvOxL_amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwiXgMLWluf8AhWo6jgGHciOBlYQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Tyb5Iy4VGfSn0GH6DcUI- |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

Doval retired in January 2005 as Director, [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Sheela |date=26 April 2006 |title='Bangladeshi infiltration is the biggest threat' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/21inter.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109095702/http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/21inter.htm |archive-date=9 November 2006 |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=Rediff}}</ref> In December 2009, he became the founding Director of the [[Vivekananda International Foundation]] (VIF), a public policy think tank set up by the [[Vivekananda Kendra]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shaikh|first=Zeeshan|date=30 September 2016|title=The Brains Behind Modi Sarkar|url=http://www.tehelka.com/vivekananda-international-foundation-the-brains-behind-modi-sarkar/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203809/http://www.india.com/news/india/meet-ajit-doval-the-man-behind-surgical-strikes-across-loc-1524025/|archive-date=22 March 2017|access-date=8 October 2014|work=Tehelka.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vifindia.org/AboutUs1|title=About Us|date=2017-01-17|website=www.vifindia.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901105629/http://www.vifindia.org/AboutUs1|archive-date=1 September 2017}}</ref> Doval has remained actively involved in the discourse on national security in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naxalism: Need to Revisit Basics|url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2010/april/10/Naxalism-Need-to-Revisit-Basics|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.vifindia.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Patna Blasts – Implications Under Assessed|url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2013/november/21/patna-blasts-implications-under-assessed|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.vifindia.org|language=en}}</ref> Besides writing editorial pieces for several leading newspapers and journals, he has delivered lectures on India's security challenges and foreign policy objectives at several renowned government and non-governmental institutions, security think-tanks in India and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|last=USINPAC|title=Moderate and Balanced Afghanistan- Imperative for Regional Security|url=http://www.usinpac.com/defence-and-strategic-affairs-blog/afghanistan-its-security-stability-and-prosperity/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Watch Ajit Doval say if Pakistan does 'one Mumbai' it may lose Balochistan|url=https://scroll.in/video/801447/watch-ajit-doval-say-if-pakistan-does-one-mumbai-it-may-lose-balochistan|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2009 and 2011 he co-wrote two reports on "Indian Black Money Abroad in Secret Banks and Tax Havens",<ref>{{Cite web|authors=S. Gurumurthy, Ajit Doval, R.Vaidyanathan, Mahesh Jethmalani|date=31 January 2011|title=Indian Black Money Abroad in Secret Banks and Tax Havens (Second Report)|url=http://www.bjp.org/images/pdf/feb_08_bjp_task_force_report_ii.pdf|access-date=5 September 2021|website=BJP}}</ref> with others, leading in the field as a part of the task force constituted by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Part]] (BJP).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Executive Summary Of Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and Tax Havens (Second Report)|url=http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6567:executive-summary-of-indian-black-money-abroad-in-secret-banks-and-tax-havens&catid=68:press-releases&Itemid=494|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901110141/http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6567%3Aexecutive-summary-of-indian-black-money-abroad-in-secret-banks-and-tax-havens&catid=68%3Apress-releases&Itemid=494|archive-date=1 September 2017|access-date=2017-09-01|website=www.bjp.org}}</ref>  

In recent years, he has delivered guest lectures on strategic issues at [[IISS]], London, [[Capitol Hill]], Washington DC, Australia-India Institute, [[University of Melbourne]], [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]], New Delhi and the [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]], [[Mussoorie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vifindia.org/aboutus/annual-report|title=Vivekananda International Foundation - Seeking Harmony in Diversity|work=vifindia.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525225923/http://www.vifindia.org/aboutus/annual-report|archive-date=25 May 2014}}</ref> Doval has also spoken internationally at global events, citing the ever-increasing need of co-operation between the major established and emerging powers of the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 June 2011|others=Chair Andreas Wenger... Speaker Celso Amorim... Ajit Doval|title=Power Shifts and International Order|url=http://www.isf.ethz.ch/isf/Program/Program-Guide/Plenary-Session/Power-Shifts-and-International-Order|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830033455/http://www.isf.ethz.ch/isf/Program/Program-Guide/Plenary-Session/Power-Shifts-and-International-Order|archive-date=30 August 2011|access-date=16 March 2013|publisher=ISF (International Security Forum)}}</ref>

Along with [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Army Chief]] General [[Dalbir Singh Suhag]], Doval planned a [[2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar|cross-border military operation]] against [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland]] (NSCN-K) separatists operating out of [[Myanmar]]. Indian officials claimed that the mission was a success and 20-38 separatist belonging to [[Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland]] (NSCN-K) were killed in the operation.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 July 2018|title=Myanmar operation: 70 commandos finish task in 40 minutes|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/myanmar-operation-70-commandos-finish-task-in-40-minutes/articleshow/47617871.cms|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Aman|date=13 July 2018|title=NSA Ajit Doval, General Dalbir Singh planned retaliatory strike against militants|work=The Times of India|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ajit-doval-general-dalbir-singh-planned-retaliatory-strike-against-militants/articleshow/47622543.cms|url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617000842/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ajit-doval-general-dalbir-singh-planned-retaliatory-strike-against-militants/articleshow/47622543.cms|archive-date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=10 June 2015|title=Ajit Doval skipped Dhaka trip for Myanmar operations-IndiaTV News|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/nsa-ajit-doval-skipped-modi-dhaka-trip-for-myanmar-operations-51467.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611135359/http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/nsa-ajit-doval-skipped-modi-dhaka-trip-for-myanmar-operations-51467.html|archive-date=11 June 2015|access-date=5 September 2021|work=India TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Aman|date=11 July 2018|title=Blow-by-blow account: How PM Modi, Ajit Doval & Army chief planned covert strike against militants|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/blow-by-blow-account-how-pm-modi-ajit-doval-army-chief-planned-covert-strike-against-militants/articleshow/47615318.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2015-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614044806/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/blow-by-blow-account-how-pm-modi-ajit-doval-army-chief-planned-covert-strike-against-militants/articleshow/47615318.cms|archive-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> However, the Myanmar government denied the strikes. According to Myanmar officials, the Indian operation against NSCN-K took place entirely on the Indian side of the border.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Long|first1=Layleigh|last2=Lone|first2=Wa|date=11 June 2015|title=Government denies India operation took place inside Myanmar|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/14978-government-denies-india-operation-took-place-inside-myanmar.html|access-date=5 September 2021|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref><ref name="DC">{{cite web|authors=AFP|date=11 June 2015|title=Myanmar denies Indian Army raid inside its territory|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150611/nation-current-affairs/article/myanmar-denies-indian-army-raid|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614021044/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150611/nation-current-affairs/article/myanmar-denies-indian-army-raid|archive-date=14 June 2015|access-date=5 September 2021|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

On 3 June 2019, he was reappointed as NSA for 5 years and granted the personal rank of a [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=|first1=|date=3 June 2019|title=Ajit Doval reappointed National Security Adviser, gets Cabinet rank in new Modi regime|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ajit-doval-reappointed-national-security-advisor-gets-cabinet-rank-1541392-2019-06-03|access-date=5 September 2021|website=India Today}}</ref> Doval is the first NSA to hold such a rank. He is widely considered to be one of Modi’s most powerful and trusted advisors, with major influence over India’s national security and foreign affairs.

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