P. K. Banerjee (Indian diplomat)

Purnendu Kumar Banerjee[1] (1917–2003) was Indian Chargé d'affaires in Beijing during the India-China border conflict, also called the Sino-Indian War. He wrote a short book on his encounters with Zhou En Lai (1898–1976). Banerjee was the winner of the 1963 Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 1969, he became India's first ambassador to Costa Rica.[2] He was the sixth Ambassador in the Permanent Mission Of India to the UN Office in Geneva.[3]

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P. K. Banerjee
Ambassador Banerjee
 Indian
Chargé d'affaires
to  China
de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in China
In office
1962–1962
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byRatan Kumar Nehru
Succeeded byJagat Singh Mehta
 Indian
High Commissioner
to  Kenya
In office
1964–1966
Preceded byPrem Krishen
Succeeded byes:Prem Narain Bhatia
1st  Indian
Ambassador
to  Costa Rica
In office
1968–1969
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Succeeded byVishnu Kalyandas Ahuja
 Indian
Ambassador
to  Thailand
de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in Thailand
In office
1969–1971
Preceded byK. R. Narayanan
Succeeded byRomesh Bhandari
6th  Indian
permanent representative
at the United Nations Office at Geneva
de:Liste der Ständigen Vertreter Indiens bei den Vereinten Nationen in Genf
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
August 1971 – August 1973
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byNatarajan Krishnan
Succeeded byBrajesh Mishra
Personal details
Born7 December 1917
Kolkata, India
Died2003

Selected publications
  • Banerjee, Purnendu Kumar (1990). My Peking memoirs of the Chinese invasion of India. New Delhi: Clarion Books.[1]
  • Banerjee, Purnendu Kumar (2002). Assignment Americas: perspective of a partnership in values. Kolkata: Bibhasa. [4]

References
  1. British Library Catalogue record for My Peking memoirs
  2. Purnendu Kumar Banerjee (2002). Assignment Americas: perspective of a partnership in values. Bibhasa. p. 196. ISBN 978-81-87337-15-7. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. "Former Ambassadors - Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Geneva". Permanent Mission of India to UN, Geneva. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. Worldcat record for Assignment Americas


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