Which Indian king has the most wives?

According to Diwan Jarmani Das, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh had 83 children from ten wives out of which only 53 were able to survive. The king had also built a 'swimming pool' outside the palace. The pool is so large that 150 men and women can take a bath together. There used to be great parties here.
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Who has the most wives in Indian history?

Indian politicians court man with 'world's biggest family:' 39 wives, 127 offspring. At last count, Ziona Chana has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. They all live with him in his 100-room, four-story house perched among the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram.
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Which king has most number of wives?

King Mswati III: Meet King Mswati III of Swaziland, the 50-year-old monarch who has 15 wives and 23 children - The Economic Times.
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Which Indian king had only one wife?

The Peshwa king Madhav Rao Peshwa is one of the few rulers of Maharashtra , who had only one wife till he died . Her name was Ramabai Peshwe .
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Why did Hindu kings have many wives?

In ancient times,which was a time of physical power. Kings mainly married due to two reasons:to have more number of kingdoms under their soveriegn because the kings who gave away their daughters will always remain faithful to that king and would never rebel. Secondly to produce as many hiers as possible.
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Who had 100 wives?

Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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Which God has only one wife?

As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna shows both examples - as Krishna He has 16.108 wives and as Rama He has only one wife. Also Vishnu has only one wife.
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Did Rajputs have many wives?

It is said that Rawal Bapa married 140 women altogether. This may have been an exaggeration but portrays a picture of unlimited number of wives that elite Rajputs could possess. Genealogies of the period reveal how the custom functioned as an index of a rulers' status.
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Who was the most brutal King of India?

Ten Cruel Indian Rulers
  • Firuz Shah Tughlaq. As the head of the Tughlaq dynasty, Firuz Shah Tughlaq ruled over the Sultanate of Delhi for 37 years from 1351 to 1388. ...
  • Pushyamitra Shunga. ...
  • Mihirakula. ...
  • Alauddin Khilji. ...
  • Ashoka. ...
  • Tipu Sultan. ...
  • Aurangzeb. ...
  • Shah Jahan.
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How many wives Mughal had?

Portraits of Sixteen wives of Mughal Emperors are shown; they are set in oval frames and arranged around an image of the Diwani Khas–the private audience hall in the Delhi Red Fort. As actual portraits of only a few of this group are known, this assemblage is in part, a construct.
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Who has the most husbands in history?

Glynn Wolfe, also known as Scotty Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), was a Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California. He was famous for holding the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages (31). His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years.
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Which Mughal emperor had most wives?

Mughal emperors from Babur to Akbar are considered to be quite religious and efficient rulers but Shah Jahan, the heir of the same Mughalia Sultanate, is considered a ruler with luxuriant and perverted sexual desires, in addition to the thirteen wives of Shah Jahan who had 8000 women in his harem.
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Who is the biggest family in India?

Ziona Chana had 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren - all of whom lived together in a four-storey pink house with about 100 rooms in Baktawng in Mizoram state.
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How many wives can a Sikh have?

Polygamy vs Monogamy. A Sikh cannot have more than one wife according to the holy text of the Guru Granth Sahib where a husband and wife are referred to as one soul in two bodies. Which is interpreted by many as meaning a single monogamous union between a Sikh man and a Sikh woman.
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Who is the bravest king in India?

8 Brave Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender
  1. Porus. Image Credit: wikipedia. ...
  2. Maharana Pratap. Image Credit: hindivarta.com. ...
  3. Chatrapati Shivaji. Image Credit: indiaopines. ...
  4. Rani of Jhansi. Image Credit: indiatimes. ...
  5. Chandragupta Maurya. ...
  6. Tipu Sultan. ...
  7. Rani Padmavati. ...
  8. Yashwantrao Holkar.
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Which Mughal emperor married his own daughter?

Shahjahan married his daughter Jahanara after the death of his wife Mumtaz Why this is not taught in History about Mughals? SPOT ON! You are 100% correct. They just say Roshanara was favourite of Aurangzeb and Jahanara of Shah Jahan-leaving out he married her also.
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Is Mughal family still alive?

Originally Answered: Where are the descendants of mughals today ? All are dead. Bahadur Shah's children were killed by the Britishers after the First War of Independence in 1857.
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How many wives did Hindu kings have?

They were provided everything according to their wish. According to Diwan Jarmani Das, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh had 83 children from ten wives out of which only 53 were able to survive. The king had also built a 'swimming pool' outside the palace. The pool is so large that 150 men and women can take a bath together.
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How many wives can a Brahmin have?

Having stated (in the previous section) that a Brahmin may have four, a Kshatriya three, a Vaishya two, wives, and a Shudra one wife ,(the author) pointed out that sons were to be begotten thereby. Now he (the author) proceeds to explain what kind of son is begotten and by whom and from whom.
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Can Hindus marry multiple wives?

Illegal marriage

It's also against the law: polygamy is illegal in India unless you're Muslim, and the Bhagat family is Hindu.
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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Can a woman have two husbands in Hinduism?

There is no limits for number of husbands or wives in Hinduim . There is nothing in vedas also . In Hindu shasthras a woman is permitted to have 4 husbands .
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Who is the world's biggest family?

The Chanas

Ziona Chana, formerly the head of the world's largest family, passed away aged 76 in June, leaving behind a clan of 181 members. Due to his polygamous lifestyle, this included 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandkids.
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How many wives can you have in India?

Under Indian law, a person cannot marry or keep two wives at the same time. Such practice is illegal and liable to punishment. Thus, there cannot be a specific one definite answer to whether polygamy legal in India or not.
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