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REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES
The survey of related studies and writings of recognized experts provide a background for the development of the present study and brings researcher up-to-date. Since good research is based upon everything t h a t is known about a problem, the survey of related studies provides evidence of the researcher's knowledge of the field. This helps the researcher to know what is known and what is unknown. The effective research m u s t be based upon past knowledge and,
therefore, the resume of related literature helps to eliminate the duplication of what h a s been done, and provides useful hypothesis and helpful suggestions for significant investigation. Keeping this fact in view, the researcher went through different research studies in the area. He consulted a number of Indian and foreign j o u r n a l s , different surveys and reports, and encyclopaedias of educational research. The researcher found t h a t sufficient r e s e a r c h e s have not been done in the area of Aligarh movement and its educational implications. However, the researcher found out some related studies in the field which are discussed u n d e r the following headings:
2.1 Doctoral Theses 2.2 Studies in J o u r n a l
2.3 Books on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
2.1 DOCTORAL THESES 2.1a Studies on Philosophy of Education
Sayyid F. (1952) worked on "Shah Waliullah's
Philosophy of Education."^ The material for study was collected from various references, mostly original Persian and
