Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Al'ummar ta fuskanci tashin hankali na addini, kabilanci, naxalism, ta'addanci da tawaye na yanki. Indiya tana da rikice-rikicen yankuna da ba a warware su ba tare da China wanda a cikin 1962 ya kai ga Yakin Sino-Indiya, da kuma Pakistan wanda ya haifar da yaƙe-yaƙe a 1947, 1965,
1971 da kuma 1999. Indiya ta kasance tsaka tsaki a cikin Yakin Cacar Baki, kuma jagora ne a cikin Movement Non-Aligned Movement. Koyaya, ya yi kawance da Tarayyar Soviet daga 1971, lokacin da Pakistan ke kawance da Amurka da Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin.