I'm Indian and legally have 39 wives, in Mizoram

From the archive record

Ziona's wives are preparing food for the whole family. 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 collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing