NSA Ajit Doval receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award for national security contribution
NSA Ajit Doval received the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune for strengthening India's national security; Union home minister Amit Shah presented the award at an event marking the 106th death anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
The award was presented by the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust; trust president Rohit Tilak announced Doval's selection for his role in national security.
Doval is India's longest-serving National Security Advisor and has been associated with Operation Sindoor, the Balakot air strike, and the surgical strikes.
The Lokmanya Tilak National Award, instituted in 1983, has previously been given to S M Joshi, Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh, and Nitin Gadkari.
The ceremony took place at Kataria High School ground in Mukundnagar, attended by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, and other dignitaries.
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