Kammala wannan jumla: A 1971, Indira Gandhi da Majalisa (R) sun dawo mulki tare da karuwar mafi rinjaye. An aiwatar da mallakar bankunan, kuma an zartar da wasu manufofin tattalin arziki da masana'antu na gurguzu. Indiya
shiga tsakani a cikin Bangladesh War of Independence, yakin basasa da ke faruwa a bangaren Bengali na Pakistan, bayan miliyoyin 'yan gudun hijira sun gudu daga zalunci na sojojin Pakistan. Rikicin ya haifar da 'yancin Gabashin Pakistan, wanda aka sani da Bangladesh, da kuma babban firaminista Indira Gandhi zuwa babbar mashahuri. Dangantaka da Amurka ta karu, kuma Indiya ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar abokantaka ta shekaru 20 tare da Tarayyar Soviet - a bayyane a karon farko daga rashin daidaituwa. A shekara ta 1974, Indiya ta gwada makaman nukiliyarta na farko a cikin jejin Rajasthan, kusa da Pokhran.