Rudranath Capildeo
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His Excellency Dr. Rudranath Capildeo MP TC |
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| रुद्रंथ कपिलदेओ | |
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| Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago | |
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In office 1962 – June 1967 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Solomon Hochoy |
| Prime Minister | Eric Williams |
| Preceded by | Ashford Shastri Sinanan as Leader of the Opposition of British Trinidad and Tobago (Inaugural holder as Leader of the Opposition of the Commonwealth of Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Succeeded by | Vernon Jamadar |
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| Born | 2 February 1920 Anand Bhavan (आनंद भवन) a.k.a.The Lion House, Main Road, Chaguanas, Caroni County, British Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies, British Empire (Now: Anand Bhavan (आनंद भवन) a.k.a. The Lion House, Main Road, Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Died | 12 May 1970 (aged 50) England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Democratic Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Ruth Goodchild Shirley Anne Gasteen |
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With Ruth Goodchild: Rudy Capildeo With Shirley Anne Gasteen: Anne Saraswati Gasteen Capildeo |
| Mother | Soogee Capildeo (née Gobin) |
| Father | Pundit Capil Deo Dubey |
| Alma mater |
Queen's Royal College (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) University of London (London, England) |
| Occupation | Politician and Mathematical Physicist |
| Religion | Sanātanī Hinduism |
Ruth Goodchild
With Ruth Goodchild: Rudy Capildeo
Queen's Royal College (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
HE Dr. Rudranath Capildeo (Hindi: रुद्रंथ कपिलदेओ) MP TC (2 February 1920 – 12 May 1970) was a Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician and mathematician. He was a member of the prominent Hindu Brahmin Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Capildeo family and Gobin family. He was the Leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 1960 to 1969 and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament from 1961 to 1963, succeeding Ashford Sinanan. He was also a faculty member at the University of London, eventually holding the position of Reader of Mathematics. He was also the younger brother of Simbhoonath Capildeo, brother-in-law of Seepersad Naipaul, uncle of Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, Shiva Naipaul, and Surendranath Capildeo, uncle-in-law of Nadira Naipaul, and grand uncle of Vahni Capildeo and Neil Bissoondath. He married Ruth Goodchild in 1944 and they had one son named Rudy. He also has a daughter, Anne Gasteen, born in 1959. He was awarded the Trinity Cross (the nation's highest award) in 1969.
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