I have been watching a lot of World War II documentary footage lately. Among many things and people that caught my attention, I got intrigued by the mention of Noor's name. What I had learnt during my school days was that India was not an active participant in the War. We stood neutral. It seems, not entirely.Noor was of Indian parentage, partial. She was the great-great-grand daughter of Tipu Sultan, a ruler from the state of Mysore. She was a daughter of an American mother and an Indian prince. She lived in Russia, France and then in Britain. She and her brother wanted to help war efforts and she became a spy for S.O. E. , Special Operation Executives, a brainchild of Winston Churchill . He intended to set the "Europe Ablaze" through this specially created section of the army.
She, in the end, got caught by Nazis and died in a concentration camp by firing squad. Supposedly, her last word was "Liberte".
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