War heroine statue
A statue commemorating Britain's only female Muslim war heroine will become the first stand-alone memorial to an Asian woman in the UK when it is unveiled today.
'Her story had been forgotten'
Shrabani Basu at the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust said: "Her story had been forgotten."
But she added that after she wrote a book about the Indian princess, her readers suggested there should be a memorial for Noor.
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Who was Noor Inayat Khan?
Noor Inayat Khan was a radio operator for the French resistance but was caught by the Nazis and was shot in Dachau concentration camp.
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Memorial for British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan
Princess Anne will unveil a statue in Gordon Square Gardens later in honour of the British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan.