List of Indian state mottos

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.

## States

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Andhra Pradesh | సత్యమేవ జయతే  | Telugu | Satyameva Jayate | Truth alone triumphs
Arunachal Pradesh | सत्यमेव जयते  | Sanskrit
Assam
Bihar
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
Punjab
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
Uttar Pradesh | सत्यमेव जयते  | Sanskrit
Uttarakhand
West Bengal | সত্যমেব জয়তে  | Bengali

## Union territories

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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

## Autonomous administrative divisions

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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 |

Satyameva Jayate

Truth alone triumphs

## See also

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* Satyameva Jayate, the national motto of India
* List of Indian state symbols
* List of Indian state flags
* List of Indian state emblems
* List of Indian state songs
* List of Indian state foundation days
* List of Indian state animals
* List of Indian state birds
* List of Indian state flowers
* List of Indian state trees

## References

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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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