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

State Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Andhra Pradesh సత్యమేవ జయతే Telugu Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Arunachal Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
Assam
Chhattisgarh
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
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.
Manipur ꯀꯪꯂꯥꯁꯥ Meitei
Kanglasha
 		The Dragon Lord
Meghalaya सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Mizoram
Nagaland Unity [3] English
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Odisha सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
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
Telangana सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate
Tripura সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali
Uttarakhand सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
West Bengal সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali

India Satyamev Jayate situated at sarnath.

Union territories

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Department of Information and Publicity | Goa Government". July 22, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22.
  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.
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