Ajit Doval
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Ajit Doval is an Indian civil servant and former intelligence officer who serves as India’s National Security Adviser and is known for his pivotal role in shaping the country’s national security and strategic policies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ajit Doval canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4615522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajit Doval Context triple: [National Security Adviser (India), officeHolder, Ajit Doval]
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A.
Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley was a prominent Indian politician and lawyer who served as the country’s Finance Minister and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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B.
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Jagdeep Dhankhar is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 14th Vice President of India.
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C.
Aditya Nath Jha
Aditya Nath Jha was an Indian civil servant who became the inaugural Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, playing a key role in the early administrative setup of the capital’s governance.
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D.
Ahmed Patel
Ahmed Patel was a senior Indian National Congress politician and close aide to Sonia Gandhi, known for his influential backroom role in national politics.
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E.
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and former civil servant who served as India’s Finance Minister and later as External Affairs Minister, playing a key role in the country’s economic and foreign policy in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajit Doval Target entity description: Ajit Doval is an Indian civil servant and former intelligence officer who serves as India’s National Security Adviser and is known for his pivotal role in shaping the country’s national security and strategic policies.
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A.
Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley was a prominent Indian politician and lawyer who served as the country’s Finance Minister and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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B.
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Jagdeep Dhankhar is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 14th Vice President of India.
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C.
Aditya Nath Jha
Aditya Nath Jha was an Indian civil servant who became the inaugural Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, playing a key role in the early administrative setup of the capital’s governance.
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D.
Ahmed Patel
Ahmed Patel was a senior Indian National Congress politician and close aide to Sonia Gandhi, known for his influential backroom role in national politics.
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E.
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and former civil servant who served as India’s Finance Minister and later as External Affairs Minister, playing a key role in the country’s economic and foreign policy in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian civil servant
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human ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ national security adviser ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Agra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Narendra Modi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kirti Chakra
NERFINISHED
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Police Medal for Meritorious Service NERFINISHED ⓘ President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cadre | Kerala cadre ⓘ |
| child | Shaurya Doval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-01-20 ⓘ |
| directorOf | Intelligence Bureau of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Agra University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counter-terrorism
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intelligence ⓘ national security ⓘ strategic affairs ⓘ |
| fullName | Ajit Kumar Doval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | key security adviser to the Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| headOf | Intelligence Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
India’s counter-terrorism strategy
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India’s national security doctrine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
counter-insurgency operations
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covert intelligence operations ⓘ role in Balakot airstrike planning (2019) ⓘ role in India’s surgical strikes planning (2016) ⓘ shaping India’s national security policy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hindi ⓘ |
| memberOf | Indian Police Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ajit Doval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first police officer to receive Kirti Chakra ⓘ |
| office | National Security Adviser of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
British India
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Ghiri Banelsyun NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauri Garhwal NERFINISHED ⓘ United Provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | National Security Adviser of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousPosition | Director of the Intelligence Bureau ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| spouse | Aruni Doval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2014-05-30 ⓘ |
| tenureAsDirectorIBEnd | 2005 ⓘ |
| tenureAsDirectorIBStart | 2004 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Kashmir insurgency
NERFINISHED
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Mizoram insurgency NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab insurgency ⓘ counter-insurgency in the Northeast of India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ajit Doval Description of subject: Ajit Doval is an Indian civil servant and former intelligence officer who serves as India’s National Security Adviser and is known for his pivotal role in shaping the country’s national security and strategic policies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Security Adviser (India)