Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Somutungamiriri wehurumende, Gandhi aizivikanwa nokuda kwokusachinjika kwake mune zvematongerwe enyika uye kudzora simba nenzira isina kumboitika. Akaenda kuhondo nePakistan mukutsigira sangano rokuzvimiririra uye
hondo yerusununguko muEast Pakistan, iyo yakaguma norukundo rweIndia nokusikwa kweBangladesh, pamwe chete nokuwedzera pesvedzero yeIndia kusvika padanho apo yakava simba bedzi romunharaunda yeSouth 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.