Operation Black Thunder

Operation Black Thunder is the name given to two operations that took place in India in the late 1980s to remove Sikh militants from the Golden Temple using 'Black Cat' commandos (National Security Guards)[1] and commandos from Border Security Force. Like Operation Blue Star, these attacks were on the Sikh militants based in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab.[2]

  1. ^ National Security Guards Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Fair, C. Christine; Ganguly, Šumit (September 2008). Treading on hallowed ground: counterinsurgency operations in sacred spaces. Oxford University Press US. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-19-534204-8. Retrieved 19 June 2010.