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Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
May 23, 2024 · Noor Inayat Khan (born January 1, 1914, Moscow, Russia—killed September 13, 1944, Dachau, Germany) was a British resistance agent in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, serving in the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Noor Inayat Khan © Khan was a wartime British secret agent of Indian descent who was the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE)....
Nov 28, 2018 · As a girl of 13 in France, Noor Inayat Khan had to look after her siblings after her father died on a pilgrimage in India and her mother became overwhelmed by grief. Credit... via Soefi Museum
Jan 23, 2019 · Known For: Renowned spy who served as a wireless operator for the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Born: January 1, 1914 in Moscow, Russia. Died: September 13, 1944 in the Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany. Honors: The George Cross (1949), the Croix de Guerre (1949)
Oct 28, 2020 · She spied for Britain during World War II and was eventually caught and killed by the Nazis, but Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of Tipu Sultan – an 18th-century Muslim ruler of Mysore state –...
NOOR INAYAT KHAN was born in Moscow in the Vusoko Petrovsky monastery, a short distance from the Kremlin, on 1 January 1914. Her name meant “light of womanhood.” Her title was Pirzadi, daughter of the Pir.
