No single reason can be held responsible for the revolt of 1857. All the aforesaid causes are equally agitated the minds of the people who were heterogeneous in nature. "The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement, it was many”. Says Eric stokes. Bandopadhyay In 1965 Thomas Metcalf wrote: "There is a widespread agreement that it was some­thing more than a sepoy mutiny, but something less than a national revolt". Author studied that who rebelled, had various motives, which were not always connected to any specific grievance against the British; often they fought against each other and this "Indian disunity played into British hands." There was no premeditated plan or a conspiracy, as the circulation of chapattis or wheat bread from village to village prior to the revolt conveyed confusing messages.