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 22 states and 6 union territories use the national motto of India as their state motto.

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States

StateMottoLanguageEnglish transliterationEnglish translation
Andhra Pradesh సత్యమేవ జయతే Telugu Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg Arunachal Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
Flag of Assam, India.svg Assam
Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar
Coat of arms of Chhattisgarh.svg Chhattisgarh
Flag of Goa, India.svg Goa सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात् [1] Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhamāpnuyātMay everyone see goodness, may none suffer any pain.
Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat सत्यमेव जयते Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
..Haryana Flag(INDIA).png Haryana
Flag placeholder.svg Himachal Pradesh
Government banner of Jharkhand.png Jharkhand
..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png Karnataka
..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png Kerala
..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Madhya Pradesh
..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra प्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव वर्धिष्णुर्विश्व वंदिता महाराष्ट्रस्य राज्यस्य मुद्रा भद्राय राजते [2] Pratipaccandralēkhēva vardhiṣṇurviśva vanditā mahārāṣṭrasya rājyasya mudrā bhadrāya rājatēThe 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.
Flag of the Government of Manipur.svg Manipur ꯀꯪꯂꯥꯁꯥ Meitei Kanglasha The Dragon Lord
Flag placeholder.svg Meghalaya सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Mizoram Flag(INDIA).png Mizoram
Nagaland Unity [3] English --
..Orissa Flag(INDIA).png Odisha सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Banner of Punjab, India.svg Punjab
..Rajasthan Flag(INDIA).png Rajasthan
Flag of the Government of Sikkim.svg Sikkim ༄༅།ཁམས་གསུམ་དབང་འདུས [4] Tibetan Kham-sum-wangdu Conqueror of the three worlds
..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png Tamil Nadu வாய்மையே வெல்லும் [5] Tamil Vāymaiyē vellumTruth alone triumphs
Telangana सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate
Tiripura Flag(INDIA).png Tripura সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali
Flag of Uttar Pradesh.svg Uttar Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
Flag of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand
Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali

Union territories

Union territoryMottoLanguageEnglish transliterationEnglish translation
Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png Andaman and Nicobar Islands सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu emblem.png Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg Delhi
Flag of Jammu and Kashmir.svg Jammu and Kashmir
Flag of Ladakh, India.svg Ladakh
Banner of Puducherry.png 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 DivisionMottoLanguageEnglish transliterationEnglish translation
Bodoland Territorial Region सत्यमेव जयते [6] Sanskrit
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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