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<FILENAME>g17873_brokerletter.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.A (IV)
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                                    OFFER BY

                              THE INDIA FUND, INC.

                             TO REPURCHASE FOR CASH
                       UP TO 5% OF THE FUND'S OUTSTANDING
                             SHARES OF COMMON STOCK



            THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,
                   NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
                        ("REPURCHASE REQUEST DEADLINE")

          THIS OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES
      BEING TENDERED, BUT IS SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE
             OFFER TO REPURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

                                                                 August 26, 2005

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
  Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

      We are enclosing  herewith the material listed below relating to the offer
of The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation  registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940,  as amended,  as a closed-end,  non-diversified  management
investment company (the "Fund"), to purchase up to 5% of the Fund' s outstanding
shares of Common  Stock,  par value  $0.001 per share (the  "Shares"),  upon the
terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase  dated August 26, 2005
and  in the  related  Letter  of  Transmittal  (which  together  constitute  the
"Repurchase Offer"). The price to be paid for the Shares is an amount per Share,
net to the  seller in cash,  equal to 100% of the net  asset  value per Share as
determined  by the Fund at the close of  regular  trading  on the New York Stock
Exchange  on  September  23,  2005  (the  "Repurchase  Pricing  Date"),  minus a
repurchase fee (the "Repurchase  Fee") equal to 2% of net asset value per Share.
The Fund has  established  a record  date of  August  19,  2005 for  identifying
stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials.

      We are  asking  you to  contact  your  clients  for whom  you hold  Shares
registered  in your  name (or in the name of your  nominee)  or who hold  Shares
registered  in their  own  names.  Please  bring the  Repurchase  Offer to their
attention  as promptly as  possible.  No fees or  commission  will be payable to
brokers,  dealers or other persons for soliciting  tenders of Shares pursuant to
the  Offer.  The Fund will,  upon  request,  reimburse  you for  reasonable  and
customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the
enclosed materials to your clients.  The Fund will pay all transfer taxes on its
purchase of Shares,  subject to  Instruction 7, "Stock  Transfer  Taxes," of the
Letter of Transmittal. HOWEVER, BACKUP WITHHOLDING AT A 30% RATE MAY BE REQUIRED
UNLESS  EITHER AN EXEMPTION IS PROVED OR THE  REQUIRED  TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED. SEE SECTION 13, "FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSEQUENCES,"   OF  THE  OFFER  TO  REPURCHASE  AND   INSTRUCTION  11,  "BACKUP
WITHHOLDING," OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

      For your information and for forwarding to your clients,  we are enclosing
the following documents:

      1.  A letter to Stockholders  of the Fund from Bryan  McKigney,  Director,
          Chairman and President of the Fund;

      2.  The Offer to Repurchase, dated August 26, 2005;

      3.  The  Letter  of  Transmittal  for your use and to be  provided to your
          clients;

      4.  Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

      5.  Form of letter to clients  that may be sent to your  clients for whose
          accounts you hold Shares  registered  in your  name (or in the name of
          your nominee); and

      6. Return envelope addressed to PFPC Inc. (the "Depositary").

      The  Repurchase  Offer  is not  being  made to,  nor will the Fund  accept
tenders from,  holders of Shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which the
Repurchase Offer would not be in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdiction.

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      As described in the Fund's Offer to Repurchase under Section 5, "Procedure
for Tendering  Shares,"  tenders may be made without the  concurrent  deposit of
stock certificates if (1) such tenders are made by or through a broker or dealer
that is a member firm of a registered  national  securities exchange or a member
of the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. or a commercial bank or
trust company having an office,  branch, or agency in the United States; and (2)
certificates  for Shares (or a  confirmation  of a  book-entry  transfer of such
Shares into the  Depositary's  account at a  Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility  (as
defined in the Letter of Transmittal)),  together with a properly  completed and
duly executed  Letter of Transmittal,  and any other  documents  required by the
Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within three business days
after receipt by the Depositary of a properly completed and duly executed Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery.

      AS  DESCRIBED  IN THE OFFER TO  REPURCHASE,  IF MORE THAN 5% OF THE FUND'S
OUTSTANDING  SHARES ARE DULY TENDERED PRIOR TO THE REPURCHASE  REQUEST DEADLINE,
THE FUND WILL EITHER (1) REPURCHASE ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL  SHARES  TENDERED,  IF
THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  SHARES  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  2% OF  THE  FUND'S
OUTSTANDING  SHARES,  OR (2)  REPURCHASE  SHARES  TENDERED  ON A PRO RATA BASIS,
PROVIDED  THAT THE FUND WILL  PURCHASE ALL SHARES FROM  STOCKHOLDERS  WHO OWN 99
SHARES OR LESS AND  TENDER  ALL OF THEIR  SHARES.  IF SUCH A TENDER IS MADE BY A
BROKER,  COMMERCIAL BANK, TRUST COMPANY OR OTHER NOMINEE FOR BENEFICIAL OWNER(S)
OF SHARES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH IT IS THE RECORD HOLDER, SUCH BROKER, COMMERCIAL
BANK, TRUST COMPANY OR OTHER NOMINEE MUST REPRESENT AND WARRANT IN THE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL  THAT IT  BELIEVES,  BASED UPON  REPRESENTATIONS  MADE TO IT BY SUCH
BENEFICIAL OWNER(S), THAT EACH SUCH PERSON OWNS 99 SHARES OR LESS.

      NEITHER THE FUND, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOR THE INVESTMENT MANAGER TO THE
FUND MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY STOCKHOLDER WHETHER TO TENDER ANY SHARES.

      For  additional  information  or copies of the enclosed  material,  please
contact Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. (the "Information Agent") toll
free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.

                                      Very truly yours,
                                      THE INDIA FUND, INC.

                                      /s/ Bryan McKigney

                                      BRYAN McKIGNEY
                                      DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT


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  NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED  DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU
  OR ANY OTHER  PERSON THE AGENT OF THE INDIA  FUND,  INC.,  THE  INFORMATION
  AGENT,  OR THE  DEPOSITARY OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY
  STATEMENTS  OR USE ANY  MATERIAL ON THEIR BEHALF WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER,
  OTHER THAN THE MATERIAL ENCLOSED  HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS  SPECIFICALLY
  SET FORTH IN SUCH MATERIAL.
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