10 November 1990: NSG task force flown to Kolkata to rescue hostages of a Thai airbus by Burmese students.Ved Marwah calls this Operation Night Dominance. NSG was able to demonstrate that it was possible to achieve area dominance at night, if the strategy and tactics were right. 4 August 1989: Operation Mouse Trap in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab, in conjunction with Punjab Police and other security forces.5 September – 15 January 1988: Guarding of high-risk terrorist code-named 'Jack'.There they began training the Punjab Police in counter-terrorism. In the mid-1990s, a NSG battalion was again deployed in Punjab to confront the Sikh rioters. 40 terrorists were killed, and 200 surrendered. In the three-day operation between 15 and, the NSG cleared the temple. While commandos from the 51 SAG divided into assault squadrons, the SRG was used to seal off the area around the temple and for tactical support. Sniper teams armed with Heckler & Koch PSG-1 rifles with night scope took up positions, including atop a 300-foot water tower. : 1,000 NSG commandos (all ranks) surrounded the Golden Temple for yet another assault, in Operation Black Thunder II.It was a massive operation, says former NSG Director-General Ved Marwah, though it did not get many spectacular results like in Black Thunder. In this operation two terrorists were killed and one 7.62mm rifle was recovered. January 1988: The NSG conducted Op Black Hawk, a heliborne operation in the Mand area of Punjab.300 Sikh militants were captured, and there were no deaths or injuries for either side. The Temple was cleared and handed over to Punjab Police on. 29–30 April 1986: About 300 NSG commandos and 700 Border Security Force troops stormed the Golden Temple in Operation Black Thunder I.Some of the NSG's known operations include: Since its founding the NSG has been used in the Punjab in 1986, and Jammu and Kashmir. The NSG was established in the wake of 1984 Operation Blue Star, and the high collateral damage to Golden Temple, and civilian and military collateral casualties. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India. Formalised in the Parliament of India under the National Security Guard Act, 1986. It was founded on 16 October 1984, following Operation Blue Star, for combating terrorist activities and protect states against internal disturbances. The National Security Guard ( NSG), commonly known as Black Cats, is a counter-terrorism unit of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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