| Name(s) |
NOOR INAYAT KHAN
(Full name: Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan) |
| Date of
Birth |
January 02, 1914
– Moscow, Russian empire. |
| Date of
Death |
September 13, 1944
– Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany. |
|
Identity |
Allied SOE (Special
Operations Executive) agent during the Second World War. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1914: Shortly before
outbreak of world war-I, her family left Russia for London.
- 1920: Her family moved to
France.
- 1927: He father died and
she started to take care of the family. She began a career
writing poetry and children's stories, and became a regular
contributor to children's magazines and French radio.
- 1939: Her book, Twenty
Jataka Tales was published in London.
- June 22, 1940: After the
outbreak of world war - II, her family fled to England.
- November 19, 1940: She
joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).
- June 16, 1943: She was sent to
France on a spying mission as wireless operator.
- October 13, 1943: As a
result of betrayal by one of her fellows, she was arrested
and interrogated in Paris.
- November 25, 1943: She along
with one of her fellows tried to esape but was recaptured.
- November 27, 1943: She was taken
to Germany for safe custody under shackles.
- September 11, 1944: She was moved
to a concentration camp to be executed two days later. Till
then she did not reveal even a single piece of information.
- 1949: She was posthumously
awarded the George Cross, and a French Croix de Guerre with
silver star.
- November 08, 2012: The unveiling
of the bronze bust by HRH The Princess Royal took place on
this day in London.
- March 25, 2014: She was
commemorated on a stamp issued by the Royal Mail on this day
in a set of stamps about "Remarkable Lives".
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She was born to an Indian father and American mother.
- She was also known as "Nora Baker" and "Madeleine".
- She was an Allied SOE (Special Operations Executive)
agent during the Second World War. The SOE was a British
World War II intelligence organisation.
- While on a spying mission for England, she sacrificed
her life bravely and without revealing even a single piece
of information.
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