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Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 β 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis powers, especially those occupied by Nazi Germany.
As an SOE agent under the codename Madeleine she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during World War II. Inayat Khan was betrayed and captured, and executed at Dachau concentration camp. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service, the highest civilian decoration for gallantry in the United Kingdom.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1914-01-01
Deathday1944-09-13 (30 years old)
Birth NameNoor Un Nisa Inayat Khan
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
LifestyleMysticism
ReligionIslam
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FatherInayat Khan
MotherAmeena Begum
SiblingsVilayat Inayat Khan
CitizenshipsBritish Raj, United Kingdom
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de guerre 1939β1945, Mentioned in Despatches, George Cross
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