09-08-2006, 09:13 PM
Spy Princess: India acknowledges Noor Inayat Khan
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shrabani Basu in her book <i><b>Spy Princess: The life of Noor Inayat Khan </b></i>has put together the story of the incredible woman who worked for the resistance as the last link between Paris and London.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Noor, spy princess, was the daughter of Hazrat Inayat Khan who introduced Sufism to the West family descendants of Tipu Sultan.
She started working for the women's auxiliary British force as a radio operator and then later joined the Special Operations Forces.
Recently, at a small monument in her house near Paris, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee paid tribute to this remarkable woman.
Known as Nora Baker to some and Madeline to others, Noor specialised in dropping agents behind enemy lines. She died at the age of 29 executed by the gestapo.
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<img src='http://www.ndtv.com/images/features/Noorinayatkhan.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shrabani Basu in her book <i><b>Spy Princess: The life of Noor Inayat Khan </b></i>has put together the story of the incredible woman who worked for the resistance as the last link between Paris and London.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Noor, spy princess, was the daughter of Hazrat Inayat Khan who introduced Sufism to the West family descendants of Tipu Sultan.
She started working for the women's auxiliary British force as a radio operator and then later joined the Special Operations Forces.
Recently, at a small monument in her house near Paris, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee paid tribute to this remarkable woman.
Known as Nora Baker to some and Madeline to others, Noor specialised in dropping agents behind enemy lines. She died at the age of 29 executed by the gestapo.
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