CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT
                   AND SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Bryan McKigney,  Director,  President & Chairman of The India Fund, Inc. (the
"Registrant"), certify that:

         1.     The Form  N-CSR of the  Registrant  for the  fiscal  year  ended
                December  31,  2004  (the  "Report")  fully  complies  with  the
                requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities
                Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.


Date:   February 23, 2005                /s/ Bryan McKigney
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                                         Bryan McKigney, Director, President &
                                         Chairman
                                         (principal executive officer)


I, Alan Kaye,  Treasurer of The India Fund,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant"),  certify
that:

         1.     The Form  N-CSR of the  Registrant  for the  fiscal  year  ended
                December  31,  2004  (the  "Report")  fully  complies  with  the
                requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities
                Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.


Date:   February 18, 2005                /s/ Alan Kaye
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                                         Alan Kaye, Treasurer
                                         (principal financial officer)