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2021-07-26 Awards and Honours

1186.

Who was given the Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019?

Vinay Badhwar

Shekhar Das

Vikram Batra

Ian Cordozo

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar was conferred with the award in 2019 but the award ceremony was delayed due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. The Alexander Dalrymple award has been named after the first hydrographer of the Admiralty and was instituted in 2006.