MIZORAM, INDIA - JANUARY 30: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) A family photograph of the Ziona family on January 30, 2011 in Baktawang, Mizoram, India. With a total of 181 members, this Indian family residing at Baktawng Village in India's north-east state of Mizoram, is probably the largest in the world. 67-year-old Ziona, who heads the family, lives in a four-storeyed purple mansion with his 39 wives, 94 children and 14 daughter-in-laws and over 40 grandchildren. His mansion called 'Chhuanthar Run', which means 'The House of the New Generation', is the biggest concrete structure in this hilly village of Baktawng, about 80 km from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. There are more than 100 rooms inside the Ziona mansion. (Photo by Richard Grange/Barcroft India/Getty Images)

A 76-year-old man, Ziona Chana, who married about 39 wives with 94 children died in northeast India on Sunday.

Reuters reports that the deceased headed the world’s largest family With a total of 167 members.

Despite the large family, Zion told Reuters in an interview a few years before his death that he wanted to grow the family even further.

“I am ready to expand my family and willing to go to any extent to marry,” he said.

“I have so many people to care for and look after, and I consider myself a lucky man.”

Zion, who was said to have lived in a four-story building with over a hundred rooms, attracted tourism to his village, in Mizoram.

He had 33 grandchildren who were all living with him, making the family a tourism attraction.