Noor Inayat Khan M.B.E., Croix de Guerre (with Gold Star) was dispatched to France to join the Prosper Special Operations Executive Network as a radio operator (with the codename Madeleine) in June 1943, only to be betrayed to the Gestapo and arrested in October of that year. Throughout her captivity she showed considerable courage, refusing to divulge any information to her interrogators and making at least two attempts to escape; she was eventually transferred to the concentration camp at Dachau, where she was executed on 12 September 1944. In recognition of her gallantry, Noor Inayat Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross on 05 April 1949. Jai Hind!! Jai Jawan!!

Courtesy: Imperial War Museum

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