Purma Bannerjee | |
Full Name: | Purma C Bannerjee |
Nationality: | Indian |
Sport: | Sprinting |
Event: | 100 metres |
Birth Date: | 1897 |
Birth Place: | Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal) |
Death Date: | unknown |
Purma Bannerjee (born 1897, date of death unknown) was an Indian sprinter.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2] Purma was India's first olympian to be the flag-bearer for the Indian contingent at the 1920 Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium.[3]