As a big country in the East, India has a large number of special forces, including the Indian Army's Paratrooper Commando, the Indian Navy's Marcos Marine Corps, the Indian Air Force's Garud Condor Commando, the Black Cat Commando (NSG), the Assam Rifles, the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Indo-Tibet Border Police Force (ITBF), In addition, there are the Gatak special forces, the Cobra commandos.
Indian Air Force Elite Condor Commando
There are so many special forces that ordinary people may not be able to distinguish between them, but Indians often fight over which special forces are the number one in the world, which shows how thoroughly the third brother understands the elite special forces.
Marcos Marine Corps, India
Don't look down on the third brother, after all, the Indian special forces are still experienced in choosing how to die, in 2020, 5 terrorists infiltrated Kashmir, 5 terrorists were killed, and 5 commandos of the Indian Army paratroop commando were also killed; The Indian Navy's Marcos Marine Corps death was mainly done by parachuting, and on May 13, 2023, a 28-year-old soldier of the Indian Navy's elite Marcos Unit, Kush Sharma, was caught in a high-voltage power line while parachuting training and fell to his death from a height.
Indian Marines were killed by parachuting out of a power line
In July 2018, two terrorists and two commandos were killed and two commandos were killed in a fierce battle between two members of the Indian Air Force's Condor commando team and two militants in Bandi Borahakin;
Indian security forces personnel carry the body of a colleague after an attack by Maoist militants on April 4, 2021
In 2021, the Cobra commandos sent a large force to encircle and suppress the Maoists, and 2,000 people were counter-encircled by 400 people, ending the battle at the cost of killing 24 people on the other side, 23 dead and 1 missing. The Black Cat Commando is also very strong, 200 people attacked 10 terrorists in the Mumbai terrorist attack, and completed the mission with a major and a soldier killed.
Indian Cobra Commando
The Indian special forces are benchmarked against the world's top players, such as the Black Cat Commando, which is benchmarked against the British Special Air Service Regiment and the German GSG9; Navy Marcos Marine Corps benchmarks against U.S. Navy SEALs; It can be seen from this that we dare not say how many combat effectiveness of the Indian special forces can rank in the world, but in terms of propaganda, it is designated as being on top of the world.
But there is one special forces unit that stands out as a mystery among India's vast special operations forces, and that is the Special Operations Group (SG) under the Research and Analysis Directorate, India's foreign intelligence agency, which we are going to introduce today.
Indian Special Operations Group
The origins of the Indian Special Operations Group can be traced back to the Sino-Indian War in 1962, after being beaten by us, the third brother began to learn from the pain and began to set up special forces. With the help of the Central Intelligence Agency, India established a secret organization, the Directorate General of Security (DGS), and in 1968, the Ministry of Defence transferred the Directorate of Security to the Directorate of Research and Analysis, India's foreign intelligence agency. Later in 1982, India's foreign intelligence agency, the Directorate of Research and Analysis, began a secret mission called Project Sunshine, in which India sent dozens of elite soldiers from the Army's paratrooper commandos to participate in the training of Israel's Mossad, the world's top secret service.
Member of the Special Operations Group
According to known information, the special operations group has four squadrons, each of which specializes in different skills, which in turn are divided into four squads of 25 members each. In addition to operations, they also carry out intelligence gathering, operational planning, communications, and training missions and are headquartered in Salsava, Uttar Pradesh, but their main base is in Chakrata, Uttarakhand. The Special Unit is subordinate to the General Directorate of Security, which in turn is under the authority of the Directorate of Research and Analysis, which reports to the Cabinet Secretariat, which is supervised by the Prime Minister.
A special operations group known as the Dark Ghost
The most well-known operation in which the Einsatzgruppen participated was Operation Blue Star (1984) in 1984, in which Binderan Valle and other key Khalistan leaders were eliminated through swift action under the guidance of instructors from the British Special Air Service Corps. While the Indian Army's paratrooper commandos claimed responsibility, it was believed that the Einsatzgruppen was involved, as the AK-47 rifles used at the scene were only available to the Einsatzgruppen at the time.
An old photograph of a Special Operations Group agent
The agents of the special group received various combat training, received training in the German Alpine mountain guide course at the Mittenwald Mountain Combat School and the Gulmarg High Altitude Combat School, and could carry out missions at high altitudes, in cold mountains and glaciers (Siachen Glacier); They were also trained in combat diving, which allowed them to perform amphibious missions; All members are trained to parachute and can go deep behind enemy lines by airdrop; Also trained in harsh jungle warfare, it is possible to survive and carry out missions alone in the wilderness.
Major Amit Deswar (Order of Sena) 21 Special Forces 22 Special Unit
The Special Operations Group is currently the only unit in India that is classified as a Class I force, and there is no description of this force on any government website, and the government may never publicly acknowledge the existence of this force, which can only be distinguished from the photographs of the sacrificed soldiers after death.