The more the merrier (wives and thus kids!), in Mizoram

From the archive record

Something that you don't get to see everyday, Ziona Chana's family members having afternoon lunch. Now, this is a special family not just because its eating and staying together but there is more to it. This man Ziona Chana from Mizoram has made the largest family in the world and has 39 wives, 86 children, 14 daughters in-law and 34 grand-children. The all live under one roof in a huge mansion which they lovingly call 'Chhuanthar Run' meaning 'House of new generation'. All together, the 174 members of the Ziona family live in Chhuanthar Run or in short (C.T.R), in a rather military-like fashion! This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collec