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.
State | Motto | Language | English transliteration | English translation |
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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 territory | Motto | Language | English transliteration | English translation |
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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 |
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 |
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Bodoland Territorial Region | सत्यमेव जयते[6] | Sanskrit | Truth alone triumphs
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