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Describe the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and its effect on the national movement.
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Answer
On 13 April 1919 a large unarmed crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. General Dyer sealed the only exit and ordered his troops to fire without warning, killing and wounding a great many people. The massacre destroyed whatever faith Indians still had in British justice, and it brought Gandhi to the leadership of a mass movement.
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Explanation
Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest.
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