This work seeks to examine the evolution of British paramount inthePrincely
State of Jaipur from 1818, when the State cameunderBritish protection, to 1905,
when the process reacheditsculmination. The roots of British paramount could
beperceivedduring the period of East India Company's rule, but it wasunderthe
Crown that the paramount assumed wide dimensions inresponse tothe growing
requirements of the Imperial Government. Inthepost-1858 period there was an
ever-increasing intervention oftheBritish Government in the internal affairs of
the State eveninviolation of the treaty of 1818. The vast and various
fieldsinwhich such an intervention was exercised were the matters.