Noor Inayat Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Noor Inayat Khan

Allied covert radio operator during World War II

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1944

Profession: writer, poet, resistance fighter, children's writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), aka Nora Inayat-Khan, was a British heroine of World War II renowned for her service in the Special Operations Executive.She also went by the name Nora Baker and was a published author of Indian and American descent who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service in the SOE, the highest civilian decoration in the UK.
As an SOE agent she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from Britain into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during World War II, and was Britain's first Muslim war heroine.