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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000940400-09-000064
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090226
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090226

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		09638829

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-800-8933

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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SIGNATURE   PRAKASH A MELWANI
TITLE       PRESIDENT

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia PA 19103-7042
Telephone (267) 330 3000
Facsimile (267) 330 3300
www.pwc.com




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of The India Fund, Inc.


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of The India Fund, Inc. ("the Fund") as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2008, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered
the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including
controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing
our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion
on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements
of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls.  A Fund's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A
Fund's internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Fund; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the Fund are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
Fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of a Fund's assets that could have a material effect
on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a
timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the Fund's annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of December 31, 2008.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc. and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be
and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 20, 2009
Philadelphia PA


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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

      Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, in combination require the Directors and
officers of The India Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), persons who own
more than ten percent of the Fund's common stock, Blackstone
Asia Advisors L.L.C. ("Blackstone Advisors"), Blackstone Fund
Services India Private Limited ("Blackstone India")  and their
directors and officers, to file reports of ownership and changes
in ownership of the Fund's securities with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the New York Stock Exchange.
These persons and entities are required by SEC regulations to
furnish the Fund with copies of all such forms they file.

      Based solely on a review of those forms furnished to the
Fund, the Fund believes that the Fund's Directors and officers,
and Blackstone Advisors and Blackstone India and their directors
and officers, have complied with applicable filing requirements
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, with the
exception of an initial statement of beneficial ownership of
securities on Form 3 of Joseph M. Malangoni which was
inadvertently not filed in a timely manner.

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