{"id":786,"date":"2025-08-22T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheshirehomesindia.com\/?page_id=786"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:11:28","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheshirehomesindia.com\/index.php\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"786\" class=\"elementor elementor-786\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eedf4f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"eedf4f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"business plans\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-677df80\" data-id=\"677df80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c258a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c258a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT US: OUR FOUNDER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1486025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1486025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mbr-section-title mbr-fonts-style mb-4 display-2\">Our Founder, Group Captain 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O. BARIATU,\nRANCHI 834 009\nJHARKHAND.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US: OUR FOUNDER Our Founder, Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, was an aviator, author, spokesperson, and humanitarian. He loved India and was instrumental in inspiring a group of philanthropists and volunteers to set up, the formerly known, \u2018Bangalore Cheshire Home\u2019 in 1961. Email Us cheshire_home_rnc@yahoo.com Office Phone Number +91 8210342106 Office Location MEATH MARG, P. O. 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