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 national motto of India as their state mottos.

States

State	Motto	Language	English transliteration	English translation
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

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

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	Satyameva Jayate	Truth alone triumphs

See also

• 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

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.