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<html lang="hi">
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  <style>
    span.fake-first-letter { color: red; }
  </style>
  <title>Devanagari first-letter 1</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p><span class="fake-first-letter">&#x935;&#x93F;</span>&#x915;&#x93F;&#x92A;&#x940;&#x921;&#x93F;&#x92F;&#x93E;</p>
</body>
</html>