Martial law was declared in Amritsar after 15 April. “The shadow of Amritsar has grown long over the beautiful face of India.”7 As a result of this massacre, millions of Indians moderated by patient and loyal supporters of the British raj were transformed into nationalists who would never again put faith in “fair play” British. " It thus marks the turning point for the majority of Congress supporters from moderate cooperation with the Raj and promised reforms to revolutionary non-cooperation. “Political instability made it very difficult for him to stay in Punjab much longer after the massacre of Amritsar. He says: 'I arrived in India in November 1885 and was assigned to Lahore, the capital of Punjab. I left Lahore and Punjab permanently in May 1919. (“devotion to truth”) as India's revolutionary response a new campaign of non-cooperation the following year. On 1 August 1920 he wrote a letter to the viceroy to return the medal awarded to him for his magnificent services in the South African war of the British Raj. In response to Gandhi's non-cooperation, all people renounced their titles, foreign goods were boycotted and there was a