List of Indian state mottos

Summary

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
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
  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 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
Truth alone triumphs

See also edit

References edit

  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.