Old plates(english format): aaa 00(0)(0)
Region - first(and second) letter:
D - Delhi,
A - Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
G - Gujarat, Goa,
K - Kerala,
M - Maharashtra,
O - Orissa,
P - Punjab,
PY - Pondicherry,
R - Rajasthan,
T - Tamil Nadu,
U - Uttar Pradesh,
W - West Bengal,

private:
symbol - black, background - white

government:
symbol - black, background - yellow

transit:
symbol - red, background - yellow

army:
symbol - white, background - black

New plates: aa 00 (a)(a) 0(0)(0)(0)
Region(state) - first and second letter, District - third and four letter,

DL - Delhi,

AP - Andhra Pradesh,
9-11 - Hyderabad
31 - Visakhapatnam

AR - Arunachal Pradesh,

AS- Assam,
01 - Guwahati

BR - Bihar,

CG - Chhattisgarh,

CH - Chandigarh, capitol of Pujab and Haryana,

DD - Daman and Diu,
02 - Diu
03 - Daman

DN - Dadra and Nagar Haveli,
09 - Silvassa

GA - Goa,
01 - Tiswad(Panaji)
02 - Salcete(Margao-Madgaon)
03 - Bardez
05 - Ponda

GJ - Gujarat,
1 - Ahmadabad
3 - Rajkot
4 - Bhavnagar
5 - Surat
8 - Palanpur
11 - Una
15 - Valsad

HP - Himachal Pradesh,

HR - Haryana,
01 - Karnal
06 - Panipat

JH - Jharkhand,

JK - Jammu and Kashmir,

KA - Karnataka,
19 - Mangalor

KL - Kerala,
01 - Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum)
07 - Kochi(Cochin)-Ernakulam
11 - Kozhikode(Calicut)

MH - Maharashtra,
01 - Mumbai(centre)
02-03 - Mumbai(Bombey)
04 - north from Mumbai
06 - south from Mumbai
18 - Dhule
19 - Jalgaon

ML - Meghalaya,
05 - Shillong
08 - Tura
10 - Nongpoh

MN - Manipur,

MZ - Mizoram,

MP - Madhya Pradesh,

NL - Nagaland,

OR - Orissa,
02 - Bhubaneshwar
13 - Puri

PB - Punjab,
02 - Amritsar
03 - Bathinda
04 - Faridkot
08 - Jalandhar

PY - Pondicherry,
01 - Pondicherry
03 - Mahe

RJ - Rajasthan,
14 - Jaipur
01 - Ajmer
21 - Nagaur
07 - Bikaner
15 - Jaisalmer
19 - Jodhpur
22 - Pali
24 - Sirohi

SK - Sikkim,

TN - Tamil Nadu,
01-10 - Chennai(Madras)
63 - Madurai
65 - Rameswaram
69 - Tuticorin
74 - Kanyakumari

TR - Tripura,

UA - Uttaranchal,

UP - Uttar Pradesh,
53 - Bhairahawa(border)
55 - Gorakhpur
65 - Varanasi(Benares)
70 - Allahabad
78 - Kanpur
80 - Agra
85 - Mathura

WB - West Bengal,
01-04 - Kolkata(Calcutta)
25 - Bongaon(border Benapol)
73 - Siliguri


embassys and international organizations plates - 00 aa 00(0)(0)
symbol - white, background - blue


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