The Capildeo family (pronounced [kəpiləd̪eːoː]) 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 o
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| - The Capildeo family (pronounced [kəpiləd̪eːoː]) 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 o (en)
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| - Anand Bhavan a.k.a. The Lion House, Main Road Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago (en)
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| - Pundit Capildeo Dubey (en)
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| - *Pundit Capildeo Dubey
*Soogee Capildeo
*Rudranath Capildeo
*Simbhoonath Capildeo
*Surendranath Capildeo
*Vahni Capildeo
*Droapatie Capildeo
*V. S. Naipaul
*Shiva Naipaul
*Neil Bissoondath (en)
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| - Mahadeva Dubey Village, Gorakhpur district, North-Western Provinces, British India (en)
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| - *Trinidad and Tobago
*India
*United Kingdom
*United States of America
*Canada (en)
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| - *Pundit
*Leader of the Opposition of the Dominion of Trinidad and Tobago
*Leader of the Opposition of British Trinidad and Tobago
*Member of the Legislative Council
*Member of Parliament, House of Representatives
*Member of Parliament, Senate
*Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (en)
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| - The Capildeo family (pronounced [kəpiləd̪eːoː]) 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. (en)
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| - Seepersad Naipaul and Nadira Naipaul (en)
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| - From Capil Deo Dubey; Capil Deo (en)
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otherfamilies
| - Gobin family, Naipaul family, Permanand family, Bissoondath family, Maraj family, Tewari family, Goswami family (en)
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