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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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