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   ocr: INDIA India's flag dates from 1947, the year the country became free of British rule. Orange stands for India's Hindus and white stands for its Muslims the countrys two largest religious groups. Green symbolizes peace between the two, In the center of the flag is the Emperor Ashoka's wheel of the law. Ashoka, a Buddhist and one of India's great native rulers, believed that truthtulness, kindness and tolerance should be the guiding principles ofl life.