Capildeo was also an important leader of the Hindu community in Trinidad and played in role in the foundation of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha.

The Lion House is arguably the most famous architectural icon representing the Indian heritage of Trinidad and Tobago.

Pundit died on a trip to India in 1926, leaving Simbhoonath in the role of family patriarch at the age of 12.

Capildeo studied Hindustani and Sanskrit and became a local expert on Hinduism, and he also explored the philosophers of Western Civilization.

Surendranath, also a lawyer, was the only child who followed his father into local politics: he served as a senator of the United National Congress (UNC) party in the early 1990s.