List of Indian state mottos explained

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 national motto of India as their state mottos.

States

StateMottoLanguageEnglish transliterationEnglish translation
Andhra Pradeshసత్యమేవ జయతేTeluguSatyameva JayateTruth alone triumphs
Arunachal Pradeshसत्यमेव जयतेSanskrit
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goaसर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात् [1] Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhamāpnuyātMay everyone see goodness, may none suffer any pain.
Gujaratसत्यमेव जयतेSatyameva JayateTruth alone triumphs
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtraप्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव 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.
ManipurManipuri: ꯀꯪꯂꯥꯁꯥMeiteiKanglashaThe Dragon Lord
MeghalayaSanskrit: सत्यमेव जयतेSanskritSatyameva JayateTruth alone triumphs
Mizoram
NagalandUnity [3] English-| -|-| Odisha| rowspan="3" | Sanskrit: सत्यमेव जयते| rowspan="3" |Sanskrit| rowspan="3" |Satyameva Jayate| rowspan="3" |Truth alone triumphs|-| Punjab|-| Rajasthan|-| Sikkim|Tibetan: ༄༅།ཁམས་གསུམ་དབང་འདུས [4] |Tibetan|Kham-sum-wangdu|Conqueror of the three worlds|-| Tamil Nadu|Tamil: வாய்மையே வெல்லும் [5] |Tamil|Vāymaiyē vellum| rowspan="6" |Truth alone triumphs|-| Telangana|सत्यमेव जयते|Sanskrit| rowspan="5" |Satyameva Jayate|-| Tripura|সত্যমেব জয়তে|Bengali|-| Uttar Pradesh| rowspan="2" |सत्यमेव जयते| rowspan="2" |Sanskrit|-| Uttarakhand|-| West Bengal|সত্যমেব জয়তে|Bengali|}

Union territories

Union territoryMottoLanguageEnglish transliterationEnglish translation
Andaman and Nicobar Islandsसत्यमेव जयतेSanskritSatyameva JayateTruth 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.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Department of Information and Publicity | Goa Government. July 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722101821/http://www.dip.goa.gov.in/pages.php?id=9. 2018-07-22.
  2. Web site: State govt's spin on Chhatrapati Shivaji's rajmudra draws public ire. Pune Mirror.
  3. Web site: Kohima set to stamp out Ashoka. www.telegraphindia.com.
  4. Web site: SIKKIM / DÄMOJONG. www.hubert-herald.nl.
  5. Web site: TAMIL NADU. www.hubert-herald.nl.
  6. Web site: Bodoland Territorial Council. Bihog.com.