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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.

States

State Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Andhra Pradesh సత్యమేవ జయతే Telugu Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Template:Flagicon image Arunachal Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
Template:Flagicon image Assam
Template:Flagicon image Bihar
Template:Flagicon image Chhattisgarh
Template:Flagicon image Goa सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात् [1] Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhamāpnuyāt May everyone see goodness, may none suffer any pain.
Template:Flagicon image Gujarat सत्यमेव जयते Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Template:Flagicon image Haryana
Template:Flagicon image Himachal Pradesh
Template:Flagicon image Jharkhand
Template:Flagicon image Karnataka
Template:Flagicon image Kerala
Template:Flagicon image Madhya Pradesh
Template:Flagicon image 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.
Template:Flagicon image Manipur Template:Lang Meitei Kanglasha The Dragon Lord
Template:Flagicon image Meghalaya Template:Lang Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Template:Flagicon image Mizoram
Nagaland Unity [3] English - -
Template:Flagicon image Odisha Template:Lang Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Template:Flagicon image Punjab
Template:Flagicon image Rajasthan
Template:Flagicon image Sikkim Template:Lang [4] Tibetan Kham-sum-wangdu Conqueror of the three worlds
Template:Flagicon image Tamil Nadu Template:Lang [5] Tamil Vāymaiyē vellum Truth alone triumphs
Telangana सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate
Template:Flagicon image Tripura সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali
Template:Flagicon image Uttar Pradesh सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit
Template:Flagicon image Uttarakhand
Template:Flagicon image West Bengal সত্যমেব জয়তে Bengali

Union territories

Union territory Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Template:Flagicon image Andaman and Nicobar Islands सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit Satyameva Jayate Truth alone triumphs
Template:Flagicon image Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Template:Flagicon image Delhi
Template:Flagicon image Jammu and Kashmir
Template:Flagicon image Ladakh
Template:Flagicon image 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 Division Motto Language English transliteration English translation
Bodoland Territorial Region सत्यमेव जयते[6] Sanskrit Template:Center Template:Center

See also

References

Template:Symbols of Indian states