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 : No, the British did not occupy the princely states.  They had a political officer in those states, and private British citizens were, of course, free to pursue various occupations in those states, but there was no officialdom.  That's why you don't find much Indo-British architecture in former princely state cities like Jaipur (in contrast, say, to ""British"" cities like Bombay or Calcutta).   "