Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te tau 1971, nā ngā pōtitanga tautohetia i Pakistan i whai i a Pakistan ki te Rāwhiti ki te whakapuaki i te rangatiratanga hei Bangladesh. Na te tukinotanga me te tutu a te ope Pakistani i arahi ai te 10 miriona rerenga ki te whakawhiti i te rohe ki Inia i roto i nga marama e whai ake nei. I te mutunga, i te Hakihea o te tau 1971, ka uru tika a Gandhi ki te pakanga ki te hinga i te ope a Pakistan i Bangladesh. I puta mai a Inia i te wikitoria i te
i hua mai ai te pakanga kia noho hei mana nui o Āhia ki te Tonga. I hainatia e Inia he tiriti ki te Soviet Union e whakaari ana i te awhina tahi i te wa o te pakanga, i te wa i tautoko a Pakistan i te United States i te pakanga. Ko te Perehitini o U.S. a Richard Nixon i kino ki a Gandhi. I tawhiti atu te whanaungatanga ki te U.S. i te mea i kaha ake a Gandhi ki te Soviet Union i muri o te pakanga. I tipu ake te tuarua hei hoa hokohoko nui rawa atu o Inia me tana kaiwhakarato patu nui rawa atu.