A 76-year-old Indian man who had 39 wives and 94 children and was believed to be the head of the world's largest family has died, the chief minister of his home state tweeted Sunday.
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Ziona Chana was the head of a local Christian sect that allows polygamy. With a total of 167 members, the family is the world's largest, according to local media, although this depends on whether you count the grandchildren, of whom Ziona has 33.
He lived with his family in a vast, four-story pink structure with around 100 rooms in Baktawng, a remote village in Mizoram that became a tourist attraction as a result, according to chief minister Zoramthanga.
The sect, named "Chana," was founded by Ziona's father in 1942 and boasts 100 families. Ziona married his first wife when he was 17 and claimed he once married ten wives in a single year.
