Who had 365 wives?

The Maharaja was said to have had an astounding 365 wives. He later also married the daughter of his Irish horse master, Florence Bryan, who converted to Sikhism. He reigned as Maharaja of Patiala in the state of Punjab, India from 1876 until he died in a riding accident in 1900.
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Who is the king of 365 Queens?

Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh, GCSI GCIE GCVO GBE (12 October 1891 – 23 March 1938) was an Indian royal and cricket player. He was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala in British India from 1900 to 1938.
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Which Indian king had 100 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.
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Which king had maximum 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 has only one wife?

What are some Indian kings and princes who have only one love or wife till their death? 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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Who has the most wives ever?

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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Can I marry 2 wives?

Polygamy is illegal and criminalized in every country in North and South America, including all 50 U.S. states. However, in February 2020, the Utah House and Senate reduced the punishment for consensual polygamy, which had previously been classified as a felony, to roughly equivalent to a traffic ticket.
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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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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 had multiple wives in the Bible?

Despite these nuances to the biblical perspective on polygamy, many important figures had more than one wife, such as in the instances of Esau (Gen 26:34; 28:6-9), Jacob (Gen 29:15-28), Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-8), David (1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13-16), and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3).
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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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Who is Akbar Favourite wife?

Mariam-uz-Zamani ( lit. 'Mary of the Age'); ( c. 1542 – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, was the chief and principal Rajput wife as well as the favorite empress consort of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar.
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Why did Indian kings have many wives?

Several reasons. Infant mortality was much higher. So having more babies with more wives insured that you had surviving heirs. Having more wives was looked upon as a sign that you were wealthy and manly - you could afford to have a large family, and “take care” of many women.
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Where is Patiala necklace now?

A granddaughter of Bhupinder Singh of Patiala is now a jeweller in California. She was involved in an exhibit "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts" at the Asian Art Museum, where the recreated necklace was displayed.
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How many wives Maharaja Patiala had?

The Maharaja was said to have had an astounding 365 wives. He later also married the daughter of his Irish horse master, Florence Bryan, who converted to Sikhism. He reigned as Maharaja of Patiala in the state of Punjab, India from 1876 until he died in a riding accident in 1900.
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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 Shah Jahan had?

Emperor Shah Jahan :: About Shah JahanSHAH JAHAN HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, CHILDHOOD, LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS & TIMELINE OF MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN. As a young man, he was married to two wives known as Akbarabadi Mahal (d. 1677 AD), and Kandahari Mahal (m.
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Which Mughal king 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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What is the shortest marriage ever?

A couple in Kuwait reportedly got divorced after just three minutes in Kuwait last month, in what is believed to be the shortest marriage on record. The couple hadn't even left the courthouse where their nuptials had taken place when the woman tripped over and fell.
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Who was married 7 times?

Richard Pryor

The comedian made it to the altar seven times, marrying and re-marrying a few of his exes. He was first married to Patricia Price in 1961, though the union only lasted one year. In 1967, he married Shelley Bonis, but they divorced in 1969.
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What is the longest divorce in history?

17 is anyone's guess. After all, Carol and Warren Rosendale's divorce case – at 12 years and eight months, and counting – has outlasted their marriage.
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Can u get married to yourself?

Self Solemnization, also known as a self-uniting marriage is one in which the couple are married without the presence of a third-party officiant. The couple can essentially perform the legal solemnization of their own marriage, which will be recognized as a legal marriage throughout all of The United States.
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How many wives can Muslims have?

Muslim societies allow for up to four wives, but not without specific rules and regulations. In traveling throughout Egypt I had an opportunity to talk with many young women about their views on polygamous unions and their applicability to the modern world.
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Can 3 people get married?

It is illegal in all 50 states to be married to more than one person — which is known as polygamy, not polyamory. Polyamorous people who try different kinds of arrangements — such as a married couple with steady outside partners — run into their own legal problems.
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