Actually he did, I came to know about it recently while researching about him.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1010409/editoria.htm
"While still a boy, Ranjit got small pox, which blinded one eye and left his face dotted. Emily Eden, who was with her brother, the governor general, Lord Auckland, when they called on the maharaja, described him as “exactly like an old mouse, with grey whiskers, one eye and a grey beard.” A legend goes that his favourite Muslim mistress, Bibi Mohran, in whose name he had a coin struck, once asked him where he was when god was distributing good looks. He replied, “When you were asking for a comely appearance, I asked him for power.” Before meeting him, the governor general asked the maharaja’s chief minister, Fakir Azizuddin what his master looked like. Fakir Azizuddin gave a diplomatic answer: his face has so much
jalaal (dazzle) that I have never dared to look at him."