British PM extends support for Noor’s memorial

British PM extends support for Noor’s memorial

British Prime Minister David Cameron has extended his support for the memorial to Noor Inayat Khan, a legendary World War II British spy of Indian origin, in Gordon Square, London. Noor, a descendant of the Tipu Sultan, the erstwhile ruler of Mysore, went on a dangerous mission for Britain during the Second World War and was captured and killed by the Nazis at Dachau Concentration

Camp in occupied France in 1944. Her memorial would be the first in London dedicated to an Indian woman. “It is impossible not to be moved deeply by Noor Inayat Khan’s bravery in the face of capture, interrogation, and harsh imprisonment, and by her cruel death met with indomitable courage,” the Prime Minister said in a message read out at the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust dinner at the House of Commons organised last night.