Career
He served as the Leader of the Opposition in 1956. His father, Pundit Capildeo, an immigrant from Uttar Pradesh, India, built the Lion House on the Main Road, Chaguanas. The Lion House is arguably the most famous architectural icon representing the Indian heritage of Trinidad and Tobago (wwwthelionhousecom).
Pundit Capildeo died on a trip to India in 1926, leaving the young Simbhoonath as the family patriarch at the age of 12.
His mother, Soogee Capildeo, guided him but Simbhoonath was an autodidact. In his 9 line biographical sketch in the Indian Centenary Review (1845–1945) his hobby is listed as: Reading.