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Classification of Principal $G$ bundles

Suppose $G$ is a Topological group then classification theorem of Principal $G$ bundles says that

there is a Principal $G$ bundle $EG\rightarrow BG$ such that any principal $G$ bundle over a decent topological space $X$ has to be pullback of a continuous map $f:X\rightarrow BG$.

Can we replace Topological group by Lie group and Topolgical space by Smooth manifold. Do we get all Principal $G$ bundles over smooth manifold in this case? Is $BG$ a smooth manifold??

In his book Fiber bundles, Dale Husemoller does not say anything (I could not see anything) about smooth version of that classification result. Now I have a doubt if that Milnor constriction $BG$ for a Lie group $G$ gives a smooth manifold or is this classification only for topological Principal $G$ bundles.