Why is General Dyer’s action seen as a national turning point rather than merely a local incident?

Correct answer: Because it revealed colonial brutality before the whole country

The governing concept is the spread of political consciousness through a nationally significant act of repression. General Dyer ordered firing at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, but reports of the incident travelled far beyond Punjab. People across India interpreted it as evidence that colonial authority could use extreme violence against unarmed civilians. Option A is correct because the event transformed a local tragedy into a national symbol of colonial brutality and intensified anti-colonial feeling.