The Capildeo family () is an

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family of

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s, politicians, and writers. The most notable members are 2001 Nobel laureate

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and mathematician and politician

Rudranath Capildeo Rudranath Capildeo (; 2 February 1920 – 12 May 1970) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, mathematician and barrister. He was a member of the prominent Hindu Indo-Trinidadian Capildeo family. Capildeo was the leader of the Democrati ...

. The ancestral home of the Capildeo family is known as Anand Bhavan ("The Lion House") and is in

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. No-one today knows how the name Kapil transformed into Capildeo. It is possible that Kapil added dev, meaning God, from his village's name of Mahadeva Dubey to his name. Transliteration from

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was not well developed in the 19th century and words were spelt differently then from the way they are now. Thus, Kapil was changed to Capil and dev to deo, giving Kapil's descendants the surname of Capildeo.

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* Pt. Raghunath Dubey ** Pt. Capil Deo Dubey a.k.a.

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Capildeo (1873 – 1926)= Soogee Capildeo (née Gobin) (1880 – 1952) (daughter of Bharat Gobinda and Minnie Gobin) ***Droapatie Naipaul (née Capildeo) (1913 –1991) =

Seepersad Naipaul Seepersad Naipaul (; 1906–1953) was an Indo-Trinidadian writer. He was the father of V. S. Naipaul, Shiva Naipaul, Kamla Tewari (''née'' Naipaul), and Sati Bissoondath (''née'' Naipaul), and married into the influential Hindu Indo-Trinidadian ...

(1906 –1953) ****Sati Bissoondath (née Naipaul) = Crisen (Krishen) Bissoondath *****

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(1955 – ) ****Kamla Tewari (née Naipaul) (1929 – 2009) ****

(1932 – 2018) = Patricia Ann Naipaul (née Hale) † ****

(1932 – 2018) = Nadira Naipaul (née Alvi) (1953 – ) ****Mira Naipaul Inalsingh (Enalsingh) = Amar Inalsingh (Enalsingh) *****Aruna Inalsingh (Enalsingh) *****Anil Inalsingh (Enalsingh) *****Nisha Inalsingh (Enalsingh) ****Savitri Naipaul-Akal *****Kiran Shiva Akal *****Ashvin Rai Akal *****Siri Shamin Akal ****

Shiva Naipaul Shiva Naipaul (; 25 February 1945 – 13 August 1985), born Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, was an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. Life and work Shiva Na ...

(1945 – 1985) = Jenny Naipaul (née Stuart) *****Tarun Naipaul (1974 – ) ****Nalini Naipaul Chapman ***

Simbhoonath Capildeo Simbhoonath Capildeo (; 1914-1990) was a prominent lawyer and politician in Trinidad and Tobago. He was the elder brother of Rudranath Capildeo and uncle of Nobel laureate Sir Vidia "V. S." Naipaul and Shiva Naipaul. He was father to two sons ...

(1914 – 1990) = Indradai Capildeo (née Ramoutar) (1920 – 2009) ****Sita Capildeo (1936 – 2019) = Watson 'Mac' Laetsch *****John Laetsch ******Charlie Laetsch *****Krishen Laetsch ****Devendranath Capildeo (1938 – 2003) = Leila Capildeo (née Bissoondath) *****Kavi Capildeo (1969 – ) = Ratna (Ratnawalie) Capildeo (née Byragie) ******Tej Capildeo (2002 – ) ******Kovid Capildeo (2006 – ) *****

Vahni Capildeo Vahni Anthony Ezekiel Capildeo (born Surya Vahni Priya Capildeo; born 1973) is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer, and a member of the extended Capildeo family that has produced notable Trinidadian politicians and writers (including V. S. ...

(1973 – ) = David Simon Groiser (marriage dissolved) ****Surendranath Capildeo (1940 – 2016) = Shakti Capildeo (née

Maraj Maraj, Maharaj, Maharajh, Maragh, or Maharagh is a Hindu Indian surname derived from the Sanskrit word Maharaja meaning "great leader", "great ruler", or "great king". Originally used as an honorific suffix to a Hindu priest's name, it became the s ...

) *****Preeti Capildeo *****Priya Capildeo ***

(1920 – 1970) = Ruth Capildeo (née Goodchild) ****Rudy Capildeo = Sandra Capildeo (née Melough) *****Jamie Capildeo = Nina Capildeo (née

Goswami Goswami is an Indian surname. The Sanskrit compound Goswami may mean "lord of the senses" or lord of the Vedas (Go means Vedas). It is also pronounced as Gosains, Gossain, Gosain, Gosavi and Gossains. Notable people with the surname or title Gosw ...

) ******Tatiana Loveday Capildeo and Montague Cato Capildeo ****Rudy Capildeo = Rita Lucia Capildeo (née Campolini) *****Rudy Charles Capildeo *****Lucy Capildeo *****Joseph Capildeo *****Oliver Capildeo ***

(1920 – 1970) = Shirley Capildeo (née Gasteen) (1933 – 2007) ****Anne Saraswati Gasteen Macdonald (née Capildeo) = Ken Macdonald *****Andrew Neil Gasteen Macdonald *****Catherine Louise Capildeo Macdonald ***Dhanpatee (aka Dhan/Dhanpat) Permanand (née Capildeo) = Ramnarine Permanand ****Owad Permanand *****Radha Permanand *****Rishi Permanand ****Sachedanand "Sash" Permanand = Jean Angela Permanand ***Rajpat Maharaj (née Capildeo) (1900 – 1944) = Aiknath Ramcharan Maharaj (1896 – 1960) ***Kalawatee (Calawattee) Capildeo = Ramnarace Permanand ****Rabindranath "Robbie" Permanand ****Baidwatie Permanand ****Chitrawatie Permanand ****Sawatee Permanand ***Ahilla Capildeo ****Deo ****Phoolo ***Beena Capildeo ***Tara Capildeo = Pundit Hargobin ***Kunti (Kunta) Capildeo = Pundit Baboo ****Boysie ***Ramdoolarie Capildeo = Dinanath (div.) ***Bindmatee Capildeo = Satnarine Panday ***Omkar Capildeo (died in infancy)

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