Mod 1: Governance, appointments and political events

Window and how to read the dates: This chapter covers Bihar from April 2026 to 19 October 2026. A post is dated only when a cabinet note or a named report gives that date. Older chapters are left as they were.

First cabinet, 22 April 2026: Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary held his first cabinet on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat) Arvind Kumar Chaudhary briefed the press. The same sitting cleared 75 ITIs under PM-SETU. Those project figures are in Module 3.

Cabinet of 29 July 2026: The Hindu reported 24 decisions. The home-registration age for senior citizens was lowered from 80 years to 75 under the Bihar Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2026. The Chief Minister had announced this on 11 July 2026 while launching paperless registration. The cabinet also cleared an e-Cabinet system through the National Informatics Centre, on nomination.

For Exclusive Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the cabinet cleared 19 posts of District and Additional Sessions Judge, one each in the judgeships of West Champaran (Bettiah), Madhubani, Bhojpur (Ara), Siwan, Araria, Supaul, Khagaria, Jehanabad, Buxar, Jamui, Kaimur, Katihar, Sitamarhi, Munger, Madhepura, Banka, Sheikhpura, Aurangabad and Lakhisarai. It also cleared 3 more such posts for 2 additional special courts at Patna and 1 at Muzaffarpur.

Who held which post on a given day: At the sports function on 24 July 2026, The Times of India named Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Sports Minister Shreyasi Singh, Sports Department Secretary Deepak Anand and Bihar State Sports Authority Director General Ravindran Shankaran. On 18 October 2026, Vijay Kumar Sinha spoke as Agriculture Minister when the mushroom unit was sanctioned. Use the date on the report. Do not carry a November 2025 designation into a 2026 event.

18 October 2026: Braj Mohan Ram, a member of the Bihar Assembly from 1991 to 1995 and a Lok Sabha member from Palamu in 1996, 1998 and 1999, when Palamu was in undivided Bihar, was sworn in as Governor of Odisha at Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tandon administered the oath. He succeeded Hari Babu Kambhampati.

The same day the state Kalpvas Mela opened at Simaria Dham, on the Ganga in Begusarai. It runs for 38 days, from 18 October to 24 November 2026. District Magistrate Richie Pandey and the Superintendent of Police, Manish, opened it. The Art and Culture Department is holding it with the district administration.

Electoral rolls: The Election Commission’s Special Summary Revision covers 17 states and Union Territories, including Bihar. Draft rolls are due on 12 November 2026, claims and objections run until 11 December 2026, and the final rolls are due on 4 January 2027.

Exam View: Key Takeaways

• First cabinet: 22 April 2026; briefing by Arvind Kumar Chaudhary.
• 29 July cabinet: 24 decisions; home registration from age 75; 19 plus 3 judge posts.
• 24 July function: Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary was the Deputy Chief Minister named in the report.
• 18 October: Braj Mohan Ram became Governor of Odisha; Kalpvas began at Simaria Dham, Begusarai.
• Rolls: draft 12 November 2026; final rolls 4 January 2027.

One-liners

• When was Samrat Choudhary’s first cabinet held? — 22 April 2026
• From what age can a senior citizen use home registration? — 75 years
• How many judgeships received one DASJ post for an exclusive special court? — 19
• Who was sworn in as Governor of Odisha on 18 October 2026? — Braj Mohan Ram
• Where is the state Kalpvas Mela of 2026 being held? — Simaria Dham, Begusarai, on the Ganga

These points follow The Hindu (23 April and 30 July 2026), The Times of India (24 July 2026), Outlook/PTI and Amar Ujala (18–19 October 2026), and The Week on the revision of rolls.