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Updated On Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST
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A cloth which covered a bust of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is removed after the statue was unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

A cloth which covered a bust of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is removed after the statue was unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo

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A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo

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A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy who was captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is seen after being unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy who was captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is seen after being unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo

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This handout picture received from Shrabani Basu at the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial trust shows late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan playing a Veena. A statue of Noor Inayat Khan was unveiled in Gordon Square Gardens, central London, England by Princess Anne. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

This handout picture received from Shrabani Basu at the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial trust shows late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan playing a Veena. A statue of Noor Inayat Khan was unveiled in Gordon Square Gardens, central London, England by Princess Anne. AFP photo

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British-Indian actress Ayesha Dharker reads a children's poem written by late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan during a ceremony to unveil a statue of Noor Inayat Khan in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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British-Indian actress Ayesha Dharker reads a children's poem written by late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan during a ceremony to unveil a statue of Noor Inayat Khan in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo

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Mahmood Khan Youskine, a cousin of late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan, listens to a speech during a ceremony to unveil a statue of her in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Mahmood Khan Youskine, a cousin of late former British secret agent Noor Inayat Khan, listens to a speech during a ceremony to unveil a statue of her in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo

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Members of the the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corp) chat following a ceremony to unveil a statue of Noor Inayat Khan in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Members of the the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corp) chat following a ceremony to unveil a statue of Noor Inayat Khan in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. AFP photo

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Britain's Princess Anne looks at a statue of Noor Inayat Khan after unveiling it in a ceremony in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. Noor Inayat Khan worked as a radio operator for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force before being recruited by the Special Operations Executive as an agent, working behind enemy lines in Paris, France. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Britain's Princess Anne looks at a statue of Noor Inayat Khan after unveiling it in a ceremony in Gordon Square Gardens, central London. Noor Inayat Khan worked as a radio operator for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force before being recruited by the Special Operations Executive as an agent, working behind enemy lines in Paris, France. AFP photo

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A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is seen after being unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

A statue of Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy captured and killed by the Nazis during World War II, is seen after being unveiled by Britain's Princess Anne in central London. Reuters photo

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Britain's Princess Anne looks at a sculpture of India's Noor Inayat Khan after an unveiling ceremony in central London. Britain's Princess Anne unveiled a sculpture Thursday of Noor Inayat Khan, dubbed the "spy princess", who was sent into occupied France in World War II to help the resistance. AFP photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST

Britain's Princess Anne looks at a sculpture of India's Noor Inayat Khan after an unveiling ceremony in central London. Britain's Princess Anne unveiled a sculpture Thursday of Noor Inayat Khan, dubbed the "spy princess", who was sent into occupied France in World War II to help the resistance. AFP photo

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