Chief Minister K Palaniswami wrote to both the athletes, who won silver medals in 4X400 mts men's relay, and lauded their efforts for making the state and India proud.
India, however, improved their medal colour from the last edition four years ago when they had secured bronze.
India women's hockey team went down 1-2 to Japan in the final to match their finish of 1998 but failed to end 36-year gold medal drought.
Asian Games schedule for day 14 for India includes final events of various disciple and India vs Pakistan bronze medal match in hockey.
After the Indian relay team's feat at Asian Games in Indonesia on Thursday, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced an award of Rs 1 crore for Gaekwad.
India women's hockey team went down 1-2 to Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Games to extend wait for a gold medal.
Competing in 49erFX, Varsha and her crew partner Sweta Shervegar, completed the 15-race event with 40 net points to finish second behind the winners from Singapore.
Swapna by birth has six toes on both feet and has often found it very painful to wear normal shoes.
Asian Games 2018 India vs Japan Women's Hockey Final Highlights: India's wait for gold medal in women's hockey continued after 1-2 loss to Japan.
Amit recovered from a shaky opening round to assure himself of at least a silver on debut at the Asian Games.
The team failed to win a single match in pool B and ended at the bottom of the table after five defeats.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is fuming with the men's hockey team's dismal show as it was expected to be a sure-shot gold.
Avtar Singh lost to United Arabs Emirates' Ivan Remarenco 1-10 in the men's -100 kg elimination round of 16.
"It is a great feeling to win a medal for the country. I can't explain it. It has been a great learning experience for me," Harshita, a former swimmer, said after winning the medal.
India's sensational run in the table tennis event at the 18th Asian Games came to an end after Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the singles competition.
The Indian team, comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna, is assured of at least a silver now.
Vikas Krishan was declared medically unfit to compete in the semifinal match against Kazakhstan's Amankul Abilkhan and had to settle for Bronze medal.
Asian Games 2018 Day 13 Highlights: India women's hockey team lost in the final while Amit Panghal reached the final of men's boxing.
The national record holder Jinson Johnson, who was not allowed to feel nice about his first Asiad medal, went about eating up the track with such ferocity that he would emerge near the finish line like a cheetah kept hungry.
With India winning 7 gold medals, this is the third best performance by the Indian athletics team at the Asian Games in terms of the yellow metal.
Seema Punia will donate her entire pocket money of USD 700 and an additional one lakh rupees to help the flood affected people of Kerala.
Some Asian Games crowds have been sparse, particularly at track and field where fewer than 5,000 fans at evening finals have been packed into a cordoned off section along the main straightaway at the 76,000-seat national stadium.
Early into the 2018 Asian Games, an administrative contingent member was pithily dismissive of the Pakistan baseball team - “Jo cricket mein naakaam hote hain, wo yahan baseball mein chale aate hain.”
Continental powerhouse India’s Asian Games title defence comes unstuck against Malaysia in the semifinal.
Winning the fifth successive gold in 4x400m at Asian Games, women’s relay team asserts its continental invincibility.