P. K. Banerjee (Indian diplomat)

For the footballer, see P. K. Banerjee.

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]

P. K. Banerjee
Chargé d'affaires to China
In office 1962–1962
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Ratan Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	Jagat Singh Mehta
Indian High Commissioner to Kenya
In office 1964–1966
Preceded by	Prem Krishen
Succeeded by	es:Prem Narain Bhatia
1st Indian ambassador to Costa Rica
In office 1968–1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	Vishnu Kalyandas Ahuja
Indian ambassador to Thailand
In office 1969–1971
Preceded by	K. R. Narayanan
Succeeded by	Romesh Bhandari
6th Indian permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
In office August 1971 – August 1973
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Natarajan Krishnan
Succeeded by	Brajesh Mishra
Personal details
Born	7 December 1917 Kolkata, India
Died	2003

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]