The present research based publication is an intensive case study of British impact on various branches of administration and society of princely states of Punjab--which included Patiala, Jind and Nabha from 1900 to 1948. These states were collectively known as Phulkian states after the name of their common ancestor, Phul. The policy adopted by the British Government in respect of Phulkian states was remarkably different from that pursued about other states, for ...