The film, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa, was selected from 30 submissions including Kangana Ranaut's Queen, Rajkummar Rao's National Award-winning Shahid, Riteish Deshmukh-produced Marathi film Yellow and Bengali film Jaatishwar.
The Film Federation of India's Supran Sen said: "This is a new record that has been set. The last time we received a high number of entries was back in 2001 when we picked Lagaan out of 25 films and had it represent India at the Oscars."
Liar's Dice tells the story of a young mother who takes her daughter (and a pet goat) to Delhi in search of her missing husband. The film won two National Awards this year, including Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography.
Last year, the selection of little known Gujarati film The Good Road over festival favourite The Lunchbox as India's Oscar entry was met with criticism. The Good Road failed to make it to the final five nominees in the Best Foreign Film category.
Three Indian submissions have made it to the final five at the Oscars in the past namely Mother India (which lost to the winning film Nights in Cabiria by one vote), Salaam Bombay and Lagaan.
Four Indians have won individual Oscars - Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design for Gandhi; Resul Pookutty, Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire; A R Rahman, Best Original Score for Slumdog Milllionaire; and AR Rahman and Gulzar, Best Original Song for Slumdog's 'Jai Ho'.
Director Satyajit Ray also received an honorary Oscar for the Lifetime Achievement.
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