The National Security Guards (NSG) is India's prime counter-terrorist force. The NSG's roles include protecting VIPs, conducting anti-sabotage checks, rescuing hostages, neutralizing terrorist threats to vital installations, engaging terrorists and responding to hijacking and piracy. Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ... A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way. ... Terrorism is the unconventional use of violence for political gain. ... Hijacking or highjacking is the forcible robbery from, or seizure of, a vehicle in transit. ... Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owners exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it. ...

The NSG has a strength of 7,500 personnel, and consists of the Special Action Group (SAG) and the Special Rangers Group (SRG). The SAG is the offensive wing and draws its members from the Indian Army, whilst the SRG, which draws its members from central police organizations, supports the SAG in isolating target areas. The Indian Army (भारतीय सेना Hindi: Bhartiya Sena) is the land force of the Military of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting land-based warfare. ...

The NSG was established under the National Security Guard Act of 1986, in response to the 1984 Operation Bluestar, the storming of the Golden Temple by the Indian military, which caused widespread damage to the temple and heavy casualties, including civilians. The operation highlighted the need for a special force to conduct counter-terrorist operations with greater efficiency. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Operation Blue Star (also known as the Golden Temple Massacre) (June 4 to June 6, 1984) was the Indian military raid of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest temple of the Sikh religion. ... The Golden Temple The Golden Temple is also known as Harmandir Sahib or Hari Mandir by the Sikhs. ... The Military of India consists of the Indian Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, the Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, National Cadet Corps, Defense Security Corps, and the Strategic Forces Command. ...

The NSG has been deployed only rarely since its birth. Recently, it achieved considerable success in eliminating the terrorists who infiltrated the Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

External links

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/india/mod/nsg.htm

The NSG is much sought after for VVIP security for high-risk VVIPs in India. This task is done by the SRG of the NSG.