General Dyer was utterly unapologetic

• General Dyer was utterly unapologetic

• At first he was backed by the British Indian authorities and the governor

• Memories of dithering during days of Indian Mutiny

• However, when a commission found out the details of the massacre, General Dyer was forced to resign.

• Although many British Indians raised money to compensate him - they even wanted to raise a statue in his memory

• Many Indians were convinced that they could no longer trust Britain and began to lobby for full independence.

• Consent to be ruled was being withdrawn
• One such person was Gandhi