The massacre had a massive impact on nationalist feelings across India, especially on Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. During World War I, Gandhi had supported the British in the hopes of winning partial independence for India, but after the Amritsar Massacre he became convinced that India needed full independence from the British. Along with Gandhi, the massacre outraged Jawaharlal Nehru. He was also a growing nationalist and would one day become the first prime minister of India. Like Gandhi he promoted the goal of complete independence from Britain as opposed to dominion status.
