Ajit Kumar Doval is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer and the 5th National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. After holding the post of National Security Advisor, Ajit also served as an Indian spy for Pakistan for seven years.
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Ajit Doval was born on 20 January 1945 (age 74; age as in 2019) in Ghiri Banelsyun, Pauri Garhwal, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttarakhand, India). He went to King George’s Royal Indian Military School (Ajmer Military School), Ajmer, Rajasthan. In 1967, Doval earned a Masters in Economics from Agra University.
He was selected as an IPS Officer from the Kerala Cadre in 1968. He is known for being actively involved in anti-insurgency programs in the states of Punjab and Mizoram. During his service, Control of India Strike 2016 and Balakot Air Strike 2019 were conducted on 29 September 2016 and 26 February 2019. Ajit Doval was trained under MK Narayanan, former IPS Officer and 3rd National Security Advisor of India.
3rd National Security Advisor- MK Narayanan
Family & Caste
Ajit Doval was born into a Brahmin Family to Gunanad Doval, an army man. He is married to Anu Doval and has two sons, Vivek Doval and Shaurya Doval.
Vivek Doval is a chartered financial analyst who is a UK citizen and resides in Singapore. Shaurya Doval is an Indian Diplomat.
Ajit Doval and his sons, Vivek Doval (left) and Shaurya Doval (right)
Career
Ajit Kumar Doval started his police career in 1968 as an IPS Officer of the Kerala Cadre. He played an important role in counter-insurgency operations in the states of Punjab and Mizoram. In 1999, Doval played a key role in negotiations involving the release of passengers from IC-814 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which was under Taliban control at the time. The hostage crisis ended only after India released three militants (Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, and Maulana Masood Azhar).
Taliban militants at the front hijack IC-814 in Kandahar
Notably, Doval has the experience of being involved in the termination of all 15 Indian Airlines hijackings between 1971-1999.
Ajit Doval served as the head of the Intelligence Bureau’s (IB) Operations Wing for almost a decade. In 2004-05, he was appointed in the office of the IB Director. He is the Founder-Chairman of the Multi-Agency Center (MAC) and the Joint Task Force on Intelligence (JTFI).
Doval was responsible for winning over six of the seven Laldenga commanders during the ‘Mizo National Front’ (MNF) rebellion, which aimed to establish a sovereign state for the Mizos. He spent a lot of time in Burma and also in China Province. He helped in the merger of the state of Sikkim with India.
Ajit played an important role in rescuing Liviu Radu, a Romanian Diplomat, who was captured by the ‘Khalistan Liberation Force’ (KLF). The arrest was carried out in retaliation for the arrest of KLF members who were the main suspects in the attempt to kill the Indian ambassador to Romania at the time, Julio Francis Ribeiro. Doval was involved in ‘Operation Black Thunder’ in Punjab.
Romanian diplomat-Liviu Radu
Doval also spent seven years in Pakistan as an undercover agent for India. He disguised himself as a Muslim in Pakistan, and passed important information to India while in Pakistan. In 1990, he was sent to Kashmir and convinced militants like Kuka Parray to become counter-insurgents targeting Anti-India terrorists. His convincing actions of Kuka Parray paved the way for the State Elections in Jammu and Kashmir in 1996.
Kuka Parray
After serving in Jammu and Kashmir, he was appointed as a minister at the Indian High Commission in London.
In January 2005, he retired as Director, Intelligence Bureau. However, even after retirement, he has been actively involved in matters related to India’s national security. He founded the Vivekananda International Foundation in December 2009.
Vivekananda International Foundation
Doval was appointed as India’s 5th National Security Advisor on 30 May 2014. He was responsible for the safe return of 46 Indian nurses, who were trapped in a hospital in Tikrit, Iraq. He flew to Iraq on June 25, 2014 to speak with high officials of the Iraqi Government. On July 5, 2014, the Indian nurse returned home.
He, along with Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, is also responsible for military operations against militants operating outside Myanmar.
Ajit Doval with Narendra Modi and Dalbir Singh Suhag (surrounded)
He was appointed as the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG) in October 2018. The SPG forms the first level of the three-level security in the National Security Council.
Award
- The Youngest Police Officer received the Police Medal
- Presidential Police Medal
- First Police Officer to receive Kirti Chakra
Facts
- Ajit Doval is the youngest police officer to receive the Police Medal. For police officers, it usually takes a decade and a half to qualify for the medal.
- While he was living as a Muslim in Pakistan as an undercover agent, a man with a white beard identified him as a Hindu. At first, Doval disagreed with the man and said that he had converted to Islam. In the end, he had to agree with the man because Doval had pierced ears. The unknown white-bearded man later confessed that he himself was a Hindu and, after the murder of all his family members for religion, had to live like a Muslim. He also took Doval to his house and showed him the idol of Lord Shiva.
- After his retirement in January 2005, he wrote editorials for national newspapers, journals, and also delivered lectures on national security at renowned institutes. He has also spoken at global events.
- In 1988, during Operation Black Thunder, Ajit Doval disguised himself as a rickshaw puller, and entered the Golden Temple and returned with critical information. He convinced the militants that he was an ISI member.
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