sexta-feira, agosto 08, 2014

Noor Inayat khan, (Hindustani, (Urdu): نور عنایت خان, Devanagari: नूर इनायत ख़ान)


Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, (Hindustani, (Urdu): نور عنایت خانDevanagari: नूर इनायत ख़ान) (2 January 1914 – 13 September 1944) was an Allied SOE agent during the Second World War who was posthumously awarded theGeorge Cross, the highest civilian decoration in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations.
Also known as "Nora Baker", "Madeleine", and "Jeanne-Marie Rennier," she was of Indian origin. As an SOE agent during the Second World War, she became the first female radio operator to be sent from Britain into occupied France to aid the French Resistance.
















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