Please answer the following question: Facts: - death date: 29 october 1943 -lrb- aged 27-28 -rrb- - allegiance: british india - rank: captain - awards: 30px george cross - birth date: 1915 - unit: 7th rajput regiment - name: mateen ahmed ansari - branch: british indian army - death place: hong kong - birth place: hyderabad , hyderabad state , british india Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mateen ansari .
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captain mateen ahmed ansari gc -lrb- c. 1915 -- 29 october 1943 -rrb- of the 5th battalion , 7th rajput regiment , in the indian army during world war ii , and member of the british army aid group he was taken prisoner by the japanese after they invaded hong kong in december 1941 .after the japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the princely states they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the british and foment discontent in the ranks of indian prisoners in the prison camps .he refused and was thrown into the notorious stanley jail in may 1942 where he was starved and brutalised .when he remained firm in his allegiance to the british on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in stanley jail where he was starved and tortured for five months .he was then returned to the original camp , where he continued in his allegiance to the british , and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners .he was sentenced to death , with over thirty other british , chinese and indian prisoners and beheaded on 20 october 1943 .he is buried in stanley military cemetery in hong kong .