Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ná mmalite afọ 1971, e nwere ntụliaka a na-ese okwu na ya na Pakịstan nke mere ka East Pakistan kwuo na ha nweere onwe ha ma ghọọ Bangladesh. Mmegbu na ime ihe ike nke ndị agha Pakistan mere ka nde ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ 10 gafee ókèala ahụ banye India n'ime ọnwa ndị na-abịanụ. N'ikpeazụ, na December 1971, Gandhi tinyere aka n'agha ahụ iji merie ndị agha Pakistan na Bangladesh. India meriri n'agha ahụ.
Nsonaazụ nke agha iji ghọọ ike kachasị ike nke South Asia. India bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta ya na Soviet Union na-ekwe nkwa inye ibe ha aka ma e nwee agha, ebe Pakistan nwetara nkwado siri ike site n'aka United States n'oge esemokwu ahụ. Onyeisi ala United States bụ́ Richard Nixon enweghị mmasị n'ebe Gandhi nọ. Mmekọrịta ya na United States bịara dị anya ka Gandhi zụlitere mmekọrịta chiri anya na Soviet Union mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị. Nke ikpeazụ a ghọrọ onye kasị ukwuu India na-azụ ahịa na onye kasị enye ya ngwá agha.