Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Indian Investment Trust PLC
6 July 2000


        THE FLEMING INDIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


    REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


The   Fleming   Indian Investment Trust plc  announces
that  yesterday   in   the  market  it  purchased  for
cancellation  1,385,000 ordinary shares at  91.0p  per
share  representing  1.71% of the ordinary  shares  in
issue.



The   number   of  shares repurchased  to   date   now
totals 12,860,000.



The   remaining   shares  in  issue   following   this
announcement is 79,369,792.


For further information, please contact:


L.E Field  (Company Secretary)
Fleming Investment Management Limited
0207 880 3426


Michael Findlay
Merrill Lynch International

Stockbrokers to the Company

0207 772 2285