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noor-un-nisa inayat khan c. 1943 1940 -- 1944 women 's auxiliary air force 13 september 1944 dachau concentration camp , germany st. petersburg , russian empire united kingdom special operations executive cinema george france -rrb- cross mentioned in despatches croix de guerre -lrb- second world war 02 january 1914 ` ` jeanne-marie renier ' ; ` nora baker ' madeleine ' -lrb- callsign : nurse -rrb- ; assistant section officer noor inayat khan.jpeg noor inayat khan
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noor-un-nisa inayat khan gc -lrb- hindustani , -lrb- urdu -rrb- : , devanagari : नूर इनायत ख़ान -rrb- -lrb- 2 january 1914 -- 13 september 1944 -rrb- was an allied special operations executive -lrb- soe -rrb- agent during the second world war who was posthumously awarded the george cross , the highest civilian decoration in the united kingdom and other commonwealth nations .
also known as `` nora baker '' , `` madeleine '' , and `` jeanne-marie rennier , '' she was of indian and american origin .
as an soe agent , she became the first female radio operator to be sent from britain into occupied france to aid the french resistance .
