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india

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'i' is the definition.
(India is I in the NATO phonetic alphabet)

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(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Code for the letter I" , "Comms code for I" , "(Part of) subcontinent" , "It was once known as the Jewel in the Crown" , "Place of Kipling's birth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Independent and The Telegraph.
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