Indian man, father of ‘world’s largest family,’ dies
By DW
15 June 2021 |
3:27 pm
The 76-year-old had 39 wives and 94 children. The head of a Christian sect that practices polygamy, he and his family lived in a four-story house with 100 rooms.
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