India, Nov. 19 -- Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Bihar chief minister for a record tenth time in a grand ceremony at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, November 20.

The Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) supremo, who has been the CM of Bihar for a majority in the last two decades, will be administered the oath by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, the eighth governor to do so.

The swearing-in of the 74-year-old leader is special for several reasons. His party, which is part of the NDA, has defied anti-incumbency for the fifth term and has emerged stronger, winning 85 seats in the 243-member state assembly.

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