Noor Inayat Khan
WW2 SOE British agent
- Lived
- 1914–1944
- Country
- British Raj
- Also writes as
- Madeleine, Nora Baker
Updated September 2026
About Noor Inayat Khan
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC, also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British-Indian agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis powers, especially those occupied by Nazi Germany.
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