India, May 19 -- Pakistan attempted to target the Golden Temple in Amritsar with drones and missiles on the intervening night of May 7-8 in retaliation against India's strikes on nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Major General Kartik C Seshadri, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 15th Infantry Division, revealed on Monday.

The senior Indian Army officer said Pakistan had no legitimate military targets and was expected to strike civilian and religious sites in India.

"Knowing that the Pak Army does not have any legitimate targets, we anticipated that they would target Indian military installations, civilian targets including religious places," he told ANI. "Of these, Golden Temple appeared to be the mos...