Purnendu Kumar Banerjee[1] (7 December 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 a recipient 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]
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
- ^ a b British Library Catalogue record for My Peking memoirs
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Former Ambassadors - Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Geneva". Permanent Mission of India to UN, Geneva. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ Worldcat record for Assignment Americas
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