Kunyange zvazvo India yakazvimirira pakuvamba yakaonekwa somutsigiri wamasangano akasiana-siana okuzvimirira eAfrica, ukama hwayo hwomutsa neCommonwealth of Nations uye mirangariro yayo yorusununguko yemitemo yeBritain muEast Africa yakanga yakakuvadza mufananidzo wayo somutsigiri akasimba wamasangano akasiana-siana okuzvimirira munyika yechitatu. Kushora kweIndia kurwisana kwevarwi muKenya neAlgeria
kwakanga kwakasiyana zvikuru neChina, iyo yakanga yatsigira kurwisana nezvombo kuti Africa izvitonge. Mushure mokusvika pamwero mukuru wedhipatimendi mumashure mebasa raNehru muSuez Crisis, kusurukirwa kweIndia kubva kuAfrica kwakanga kwakakwana apo nyika ina chete - Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria neLibya - dzakamutsigira munguva yeHondo yeChina neIndia muna 1962. Pashure pokunge Gandhi ava mutungamiriri wehurumende, ukama hwekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika hwaiva kudivi reIndia munguva yeHondo yeChina neIndia hwakawedzerwa. Gandhi akatanga nhaurirano nehurumende yeKenya kuti vagadzire Africa-India Development Cooperation. Hurumende yeIndia yakavambawo kurangarira bviro yokuunza vaIndia vakagara muAfrica mukati memiganhu yezvinangwa zvayo zvematongerwe enyika kuti ibetsere kudzorera pesvedzero yayo inoderera yenzira yenyika. Gandhi akazivisa vanhu vorudzi rwechiIndia vakagara muAfrica sa"Nhume dzeIndia". Zvisinei, nhamburiko dzokunyengetedza nzanga yeAsia kuti ibatanidzwe nediplomacy yeIndia, dzakava dzisina maturo, muchidimbu nemhaka yokusada kwevaIndia kuramba vari munzvimbo dzisina kuchengeteka mune zvematongerwe enyika, uye nemhaka yokubuda kwevaIndia veAfrica vachienda kuBritain nokupfuura kweCommonwealth Immigrants Act muna 1968. MuUganda, nzanga yevaIndia vokuAfrica yakatambudzwa uye pakupedzisira yakadzingwa muhurumende yaIdi Amin.