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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000893750-03-000562.txt : 20031103
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000893750-03-000562
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031023
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031103

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BECKER LAWRENCE K
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268114

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		03972751

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ASIA TIGER FUND & INDIA FUND INC
		STREET 2:		200 PARK AVE 24TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100
		IRS NUMBER:				133749070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		24TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-421-4777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		24TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <documentType>3</documentType>
   <periodOfReport>2003-10-23</periodOfReport>
    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000917100</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INDIA FUND INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IFN</issuerTradingSymbol>
   </issuer>
   <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268114</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BECKER LAWRENCE K</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ASIA TIGERS FUND &amp; INDIA FUND INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 PARK AVE 24TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10166</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
         <isDirector>1</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
   <remarks>Elected a Director of The India Fund, Inc. effective October 23, 2003.
No securities are beneficially owned.</remarks>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Lawrence K. Becker</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-10-23</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
              The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. and The India Fund, Inc.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Lawrence K. Becker, whose signature appears below, hereby
constitutes and appoints Michael B. Garcia, Cynthia Cobden, Daisy Liguori and
Barbara Pires, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents,
with full power and authority of substitution and resubstitution, to do any
and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments to enable
Lawrence K. Becker to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, in connection with the filing of such reports thereunder, and the
undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents,
or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                                                  /s/ Lawrence K. Becker
                                                  ----------------------
                                                  Lawrence K. Becker
Date:  October 23, 2003


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