In 1915, Gandhi returned to India. He needed some time to get acquainted with his home country, after living abroad for two decades.
The British government spoke of granting India more self rule, but in 1919, when a British officer ordered a massacre of hundreds of peaceful, unarmed Indian civilians in Amritsar, it was for many people in India the last straw. The nationalist movement would settle for no less than full independence.
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