List of Indian state mottos

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India is a country in South Asia. It is made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. 6 states have adopted their own state mottos, while 20 states and 6 union territories use national motto of India as their state mottos. 2 states (Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) and 2 union territories (Chandigarh and Lakshadweep) have no official state mottos.

States[edit]

State Motto Language English transliteration English translation
File:Andhraseal.png Andhra Pradesh సత్యమేవ జయతే Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
File:..Arunachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Arunachal Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते
Assam
Chhattisgarh
File:Goa government banner.png Goa सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात् [1] Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhamāpnuyāt May everyone see goodness, may none suffer any pain.
Gujarat सत्यमेव जयते Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Haryana
File:..Himachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra प्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव वर्धिष्णुर्विश्व वंदिता महाराष्ट्रस्य राज्यस्य मुद्रा भद्राय राजते [2] Pratipaccandralēkhēva vardhiṣṇurviśva vanditā mahārāṣṭrasya rājyasya mudrā bhadrāya rājatē The glory of Maharashtra will grow like the first day moon. It will be worshipped by the world and will shine only for the well being of people.
File:..Manipur Flag(INDIA).png Manipur ꯀꯪꯂꯥꯁꯥ Meitei Kanglasha The Dragon Lord
Meghalaya सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Mizoram
File:..Nagaland Flag(INDIA).png Nagaland Unity [3] English
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Odisha सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim ༄༅།ཁམས་གསུམ་དབང་འདུས [4] Tibetan Kham-sum-wangdu Conqueror of the three worlds
Tamil Nadu வாய்மையே வெல்லும் [5] Tamil Vāymaiyē vellum Truth alone triumphs
File:Government of Telangana Logo.png Telangana सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate
Tripura সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali
File:..Uttarakhand Flag(INDIA).png Uttarakhand सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
West Bengal সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali

Union territories[edit]

Union territory Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Andaman and Nicobar Islands सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh
Puducherry

Autonomous administrative divisions[edit]

Some of the autonomous administrative divisions established by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India have adopted their own motto.

Autonomous Administrative Division Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Bodoland Territorial Region सत्यमेव जयते[6] Sanskrit
Satyameva Jayate
Truth alone triumphs

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Department of Information and Publicity | Goa Government". web.archive.org. July 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ "State govt's spin on Chhatrapati Shivaji's rajmudra draws public ire". Pune Mirror.
  3. ↑ "Kohima set to stamp out Ashoka". www.telegraphindia.com.
  4. ↑ "SIKKIM / DÄMOJONG". www.hubert-herald.nl.
  5. ↑ "TAMIL NADU". www.hubert-herald.nl.
  6. ↑ "Bodoland Territorial Council » Bihog.com". Bihog.com.

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