diff --git a/num2words/lang_EN_IN.py b/num2words/lang_EN_IN.py
index 3ef55ba2..ed69b21d 100644
--- a/num2words/lang_EN_IN.py
+++ b/num2words/lang_EN_IN.py
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@
 
 class Num2Word_EN_IN(Num2Word_EN):
     def set_high_numwords(self, high):
+        self.cards[10 ** 11] = "kharab"
+        self.cards[10 ** 9] = "arab"
         self.cards[10 ** 7] = "crore"
         self.cards[10 ** 5] = "lakh"
diff --git a/tests/test_en_in.py b/tests/test_en_in.py
index 1599d59d..55374197 100644
--- a/tests/test_en_in.py
+++ b/tests/test_en_in.py
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ def test_cardinal(self):
         self.assertEqual(num2words(1e5, lang="en_IN"), "one lakh")
         self.assertEqual(num2words(1e6, lang="en_IN"), "ten lakh")
         self.assertEqual(num2words(1e7, lang="en_IN"), "one crore")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(1e9, lang="en_IN"), "one arab")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(9907781961, lang="en_IN"), "nine arab, "
+                         "ninety crore, seventy-seven lakh, "
+                         "eighty-one thousand, "
+                         "nine hundred and sixty-one")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(155215059811, lang="en_IN"),  "one kharab, "
+                         "fifty-five arab, twenty-one crore, fifty lakh, "
+                         "fifty-nine thousand, eight hundred and eleven")