Published on Nov 9, 2012 by NTDTV
Indian WWII heroine who gave her life in the fight against fascism is memorialized in London.
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Noor Inayat Khan was born into Indian royalty and became a published poet and an accomplished musician.
During World War II, she risked her life to work behind enemy lines as a radio operator in German-occupied France.
She was betrayed and arrested, and despite repeated torture, refused to reveal any information.
Noor Inayat Khan was shot in Dachau concentration camp in 1944.
A memorial to her bravery was unveiled in London on Thursday.
[Shrabani Basu, Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust]:
"Sixty-nine years ago, a young woman walked out of a house on Taviton Street just behind this square. She said goodbye to her mother and her sister, unable to tell them that she would never see them again. Noor Inayat Khan would become the first woman radio operator to be dropped behind enemy lines. She would pay the ultimate price for her bravery. Today, in the presence of Your Royal Highness, we have filled this square to remember a heroine of the war. A young woman of Indian origin who unhesitatingly gave her life in the fight against fascism."
Britain's Princess Anne unveiled the statue.
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Full Story:
Noor Inayat Khan was born into Indian royalty and became a published poet and an accomplished musician.
During World War II, she risked her life to work behind enemy lines as a radio operator in German-occupied France.
She was betrayed and arrested, and despite repeated torture, refused to reveal any information.
Noor Inayat Khan was shot in Dachau concentration camp in 1944.
A memorial to her bravery was unveiled in London on Thursday.
[Shrabani Basu, Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust]:
"Sixty-nine years ago, a young woman walked out of a house on Taviton Street just behind this square. She said goodbye to her mother and her sister, unable to tell them that she would never see them again. Noor Inayat Khan would become the first woman radio operator to be dropped behind enemy lines. She would pay the ultimate price for her bravery. Today, in the presence of Your Royal Highness, we have filled this square to remember a heroine of the war. A young woman of Indian origin who unhesitatingly gave her life in the fight against fascism."
Britain's Princess Anne unveiled the statue.
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