State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 right and left. Forming an integral part of the emblem is the motto inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script: "Satyameva jayate" सत्यमेव जयते (). This is a quote from Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas. This National Emblem was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic. State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 is an Act of Parliament of India which regulates the improper or commercial usage of the Emblem of India. The emblem of India is
National Emblem for World War I Liberty bond drives. Four were by Sousa—"Semper Fidelis", "Washington Post", "The Thunderer", "Stars and Stripes Forever", and Bagley’s "National Emblem". "National Emblem" was the favorite march composition of Frederick Fennell, who made an arrangement of it in 1981. Fennell called the piece "as perfect a march as a march can be". Besides Fennell’s arrangement, there are also band arrangements by Albert Morris (1978), Andrew Balent (1982), Paul Lavendar (1986), and Loris J. Schissel (2000). The band of Arthur Pryor made the first recording of the march on May 19, 1908, followed by a United States Marine