International Delegations & Global Ties
As General Secretary, Jamadar carried personal responsibility for hosting foreign teachers' delegations passing through Mumbai.
The Afghan Primary Teachers' Delegation, 1976
In March 1976, as part of a joint India–Afghanistan initiative, a 22-member delegation of Afghan primary teachers visited India. Full responsibility for their stay in Mumbai (21–25 March 1976) was entrusted to the Maharashtra Rajya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh — and, because the delegation spoke Urdu and Pashto, Jamadar personally took on the role of interpreter throughout their visit.
Welcome reception for the Afghan Primary Teachers' Delegation, 23 March 1976, hosted by the Maharashtra Rajya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh.
Chief guests: CM Shankarrao Chavan, Education Minister Prabharao, P. K. Sawant, leader Arun Dhonde, and General Secretary A. M. Jamadar.
1976-03-23
Afghan Primary Teachers' Delegation — Mumbai visit.
Entire arrangement/organisation by A. M. Jamadar, General Secretary, Maharashtra Rajya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh.
1976 (part of the March 1976 Afghan delegation visit)
Page 102, Ch. 3 — Afghan Primary Teachers' Delegation, 21–25 March 1976: full responsibility for hosting a 22-member Afghan primary-teacher delegation (a joint India–Afghanistan initiative) during their Mumbai stay was entrusted to the Maharashtra Rajya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh; since the delegation spoke Urdu/Pashto, the General Secretary (A. M. Jamadar) personally served as interpreter. Below: the American Delegation — in July 1976, full hosting responsibility for an American delegation's Mumbai visit was likewise carried out by him as General Secretary.
1976-03-21 to 1976-03-25 (Afghan); 1976-07 (American)
The American Delegation, 1976
The same year, in July 1976, an American delegation's visit to Mumbai was likewise organised under Jamadar's full responsibility as General Secretary — described in the album as "a joyful moment in life," made possible by the friendship of American guests.
Representing Maharashtra nationally
Jamadar's work extended beyond his home state. He was photographed as part of an All India Teachers Federation delegation covered by a Tamil-language newspaper in May 1976, and addressed the Jalgaon Zilla Prathmik Shikshak Sangh's triennial convention that same year.
Tamil-language newspaper, 20 May 1976: coverage of the All India Teachers Federation conference, with a grid of delegate photographs from across India; one frame is captioned 'A. M. Jamadar - Maharashtra'.
1976-05-20
NCERT, New Delhi
Jamadar was selected to attend a national training camp organised by the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) in New Delhi in 1972, and was later felicitated for an especially well-received lecture on "Non-Formal Education" at a subsequent NCERT camp. The family also recalls that his association with NCERT went further — that he served on its Governing Body in New Delhi — though this is not independently documented in the surviving album or press clippings.
NCERT New Delhi training camp — selected to attend in 1972.
Participant: A. M. Jamadar, President, Kolhapur Zilla Prathmik Shikshak Sangh, with fellow Indian camp trainees.
1972
Felicitated for an excellent lecture on 'Non-Formal Education' delivered at an NCERT training camp in Delhi.
Honoree: A. M. Jamadar, President, Kolhapur Zilla Prathmik Shikshak Sangh.
undated (album pg 139)
World Brotherhood — a friendship with Japan
Among the more personal pages of the family album is one titled "World Brotherhood" (विश्व-बंधुत्व), preserving a letter from a Japanese visitor, Hirosuke Honoil, written after he returned home:
"I cannot forget you and India. My heart is filled with pleasant memories of India. When I came back to Japan, I found the earth is only a ship. No Indians, no Japanese — we are the same shipmates." — Hirosuke Honoil
'World Brotherhood' — a page recording a touching letter sent by Japanese visitor Hirosuke Honoil after returning home, expressing that he could never forget India: 'No Indians, no Japanese — we are the same shipmates.'
A. M. Jamadar, Hirosuke Honoil, and Shankarrao Sonkpal, pictured together.
undated (album pg 259)