FIRST OPERATION OF NSG - 29–30 April 1986: About 300 NSG commandos and 700 Border Security Force troops stormed the Golden Temple in Operation Black Thunder I. The Temple was cleared and handed over to Punjab Police on 1 May 1986. 300 Sikh militants were captured, and there were no deaths or injuries for either side.
In Golden Temple it became necessary to deploy NSG as per the insider information at that time, the militants were holding up ammunition equivalent to the one regiment of the Indian army or ammunition equivalent to the Army uses to cover the area of 8 k.m. They were prepared to take on Army but not the Special Forces.
- The National Security Guard (NSG) was set up in 1984, in the wake of 1984 Operation Blue Star, and the high collateral damage to Golden Temple.
- NSG employed along with SIT in search and strike missions after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. at that time the security responsibility of the UPCOMING Prime Minister was in hands of Delhi Police itself (i.e. NSG takes security cover only after the oath of P.M.) When Mr. Gandhi was Assassinated by LTTE, from that time NSG undertakes the security of Prime Minister about to take oath.
- The NSG is a Force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and is therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations. The Force is not designed to undertake the functions of the State Police Forces or other Para Military Forces of the Union of India.
- Recruitments are done from existing Defence forces.
- The NSG was modelled on the pattern of the SAS of the UK and GSG-9 of Germany. It is a task-oriented Force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Para-Military Forces / State Police Force. All the personell are on deputation.
- In response to criticism of the time taken by NSG units to arrive in Mumbai inNovember 2008, from their base in Manesar, Haryana, the MHA decided to deploy NSG contingents in major cities across India like Mumbai, Kolkata ), Hyderabad and Chennai. I think it was not the NSG default, It is said that Delhi was slow on taking the call to deploy NSG.
- Selection is demanding and has a drop out rate of about 70–80 percent.
- Three of their 14 months of training in Manesar, Haryana, are devoted to the basics.The basic training period lasts 90 days. Physical fitness training has 26 elements, ranging from a cross-country obstacle course to jumping from heights and across divides and scaling different kinds terrain.
- One endurance test involves martial arts, target shooting at the end of an obstacle-ridden cross-country run. This is meant to gauge the candidate’s performance under conditions of stress and exhaustion. Those who successfully complete the tests are sent for nine months of advanced training.
- ACHIEVEMENTS
Arms recovered
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131
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Explosives recovered
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100 kg
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Terrorists killed
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112
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Terrorists apprehended
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34
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Terrorists surrendered
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339
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Hostages rescued
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625
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- 10th International Combat Team Competition 2007 was conducted by GSG9 at Bonn, Germany from 02 Sep to 07 Sep 07. A total of 50 teams of various elite forces, predominantly from Europe, participated in the competition. NSG team won the obstacles cum endurance competition, a first for any team from Asian countries. 9th International Body Guards Tournament 2007 was conducted at Yalta, Ukraine from 17 Sep to 22 Sep 07. A total of 27 teams from various countries participated. NSG team had following achievements: 1.1st position in Team Firing Competition. 2.1st position and competition Record in individual Firing Competition by Naik Raj Kumar.
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