Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Somutungamiriri wehurumende, Gandhi aizivikanwa nokuda kwokusachinjika kwake mune zvematongerwe enyika uye kudzora simba nenzira isina kumboitika. Akaenda ku
hondo nePakistan mukutsigira sangano rokuzvimiririra uye hondo yokuzvimiririra muEast Pakistan, iyo yakaguma nekukunda kweIndia uye kusikwa kweBangladesh, pamwe nokuwedzera simba reIndia kusvika pakuti yakava simba renzvimbo reSouth Asia. Achitaura nezvemaitiro okuparadzanisa, uye achipindura kudanwa kworusununguko, Gandhi akatanga mamiriro ezvinhu okukurumidzira kubva muna 1975 kusvika muna 1977 apo rusununguko rwomunhu rwokutanga rwakanga rwamiswa uye pepanhau rakaongororwa. Utsinye hwakapararira hwakaitwa mukati menhambo yechimbichimbi. Muna 1980, akadzokera musimba pashure pesarudzo dzakasununguka uye dzakarurama. Mushure mokunge Gandhi arayira chiito chemauto muTemberi yeGoridhe muOperation Blue Star, varindi vake uye maSikh nationalists vakamuponda musi wa31 Gumiguru 1984.