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Country after getting Western help... (5)

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india

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'country' is the definition.
(India is an example)

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(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Major sub-continent of Asia" , "land in the East" , "One preceding Juliet" , "In aid, strangely, of the country" , "Asian sub-continent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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