Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Horraantii 1971, doorashooyin muran badan dhaliyay oo ka dhacay Pakistan ayaa keentay in Bariga Pakistan ay ku dhawaaqdo madaxbanaanideeda inay tahay Bangladesh. Cadaadiska iyo rabshadaha ka imaanaya ciidamada Pakistan ayaa sababay in 10 milyan oo qaxooti ah ay u guuraan xadka Hindiya bilaha soo socda. Ugu danbayntii bishii December 1971, Gandhi wuxuu si toos ah ugu soo dhex galay dagaalka si uu uga adkaado ciidanka Pakistan ee Bangladesh. Hindiya ayaa ka soo baxday guul.
taas oo keentay in dagaal uu ka dhaco koonfurta Aasiya. Hindiya waxay heshiis la saxiixatay Midowgii Soofiyeeti oo ballanqaaday inay iska caawin doonaan haddii dagaal dhaco, halka Pakistan ay taageero firfircoon ka heshay Mareykanka inta lagu gudajiray khilaafka. Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Richard Nixon shaqsi ahaan ma jecla Gandhi. Xiriirka Maraykanka wuxuu noqday mid ka fog maadaama Gandhi uu xiriir dhow la yeeshay Midowgii Soofiyeeti kadib dagaalkii. Ugu danbeyntii waxay u kortay inay noqoto lamaanaha ugu weyn ee ganacsiga Hindiya iyo alaab-qeybiyaha ugu weyn ee hubka.