As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2001

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   Schedule TO
            Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(4)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. )

                   Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.
                       (Name of Subject Company (issuer))

                   Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.
                 (Names of Filing Persons (offeror and issuer))

                     Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   61745C 10 5
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Ronald E. Robison
                    Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
                           1221 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10020
                                 (212) 762-5330

      (Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive
            notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

                                 with a copy to:

                             Leonard B. Mackey, Jr.
                       Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP
                                 200 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10166

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                   Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.
                             (For Immediate Release)

     New York, New York, December 13, 2001 - Morgan Stanley India Investment
Fund, Inc. (IIF) (the "Fund") announced today that the Board of Directors of the
Fund has authorized the Fund to conduct a tender offer (the "Tender Offer")
during the second quarter of 2002 for up to 15% of the outstanding shares of
common stock of the Fund, at a price equal to 95% of the Fund's net asset value
per share ("NAV") on the last day of the tender period (or as otherwise
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")).

     The Tender Offer will be made and stockholders will be notified in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, either by
publication or mailing or both. The offering documents will contain such
information as is prescribed by such laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

     The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company,
the shares of which are listed on the NYSE (IIF). The Fund's investment
objectives are long-term capital appreciation which it seeks to achieve by
investing primarily in equity securities of Indian issuers and by investing,
from time to time, in debt securities issued or guaranteed by Indian governments
or governmental entities. Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. is the
Fund's investment manager.

     This announcement is not an offer to purchase or solicitation of an offer
to sell shares of the Fund. The offer is made only by the Offer for Cash and the
related Letter of Transmittal. Holders of Fund shares should read these
documents when they are available because they contain important information.
These and other filed documents will be available to investors for free both at
the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission and from the Fund. The
offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of,
holders of shares in any jurisdiction in which making or accepting the offer
would violate that jurisdiction's laws.

     For further information, please contact Georgeson Shareholder
Communications Inc., 17 State Street, New York, New York, at 866-761-0259.