Purnendu Kumar Banerjee (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

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. He was the sixth Ambassador in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Office in Geneva.

Selected publications

*British Library Catalogue record for ''My Peking memoirs''
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P. K. Banerjee publications information
from WorldCat 1917 births 2003 deaths Indian diplomats Sino-Indian War Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service {{India-diplomat-stub