Born to a Indian noble family, Noor Inayat Khan served as a spy working for British Special Operatio
Born to a Indian noble family, Noor Inayat Khan served as a spy working for British Special Operations Execution (SOE) during World War II. Her identity was compromised by a double agent, and she was arrested by the German Gestapo on the 13th of October, 1943. She was kept shackled for ten months, considered a highly dangerous prisoner who had made three escape attempts. She was executed September 11th, 1944. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross and French Croix de Guerre. -- source link
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