Capildeo family

The Capildeo family is an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian family of Hindu pundits, politicians, and writers. The most notable members are 2001 Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul and mathematician and politician Rudranath Capildeo. The ancestral home of the Capildeo family is known as Anand Bhavan ("The Lion House") and is in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. 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 Hindi to English 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. Pundit Capildeo (1873 – 1926)= Soogee Capildeo (née Gobin) (1880 – 1952) (daughter of Bharat Gobinda and Minnie Gobin)
 * Droapatie Naipaul (née Capildeo) (1913 –1991) = Seepersad Naipaul (1906 –1953)
 * Sati Bissoondath (née Naipaul) = Crisen (Krishen) Bissoondath
 * Neil Bissoondath (1955 – )
 * Kamla Tewari (née Naipaul) (1929 – 2009)
 * V. S. Naipaul (1932 – 2018) = Patricia Ann Naipaul (née Hale) †
 * V. S. Naipaul (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 (1945 – 1985) = Jenny Naipaul (née Stuart)
 * Tarun Naipaul (1974 – )
 * Nalini Naipaul Chapman
 * Simbhoonath Capildeo (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 (1973 – ) = David Simon Groiser (marriage dissolved)
 * Surendranath Capildeo (1940 – 2016) = Shakti Capildeo (née Maraj)
 * Preeti Capildeo
 * Priya Capildeo
 * Rudranath Capildeo (1920 – 1970) = Ruth Capildeo (née Goodchild)
 * Rudy Capildeo = Sandra Capildeo (née Melough)
 * Jamie Capildeo = Nina Capildeo (née Goswami)
 * Tatiana Loveday Capildeo and Montague Cato Capildeo
 * Rudy Capildeo = Rita Lucia Capildeo (née Campolini)
 * Rudy Charles Capildeo
 * Lucy Capildeo
 * Joseph Capildeo
 * Oliver Capildeo
 * Rudranath 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)