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Man with 39 wives, head of ‘world’s largest family’, dies in India

Family members of Ziona (R) poses for group photograph outside their residence in Baktawng village in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. Ziona has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. [Reuters]

A 76-year-old man who had 39 wives and 94 children and was said to be the head of the world’s largest family has died in north east India, the chief minister of his home state said.

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