Knowlepedia
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| Launch date | 2025 |
| Founder | Gaurav Singh Chouhan |
| Country | India |
| Headquarters | India |
| Languages | English (with planned support for Hindi) |
| Picture format | Web, Responsive |
| Type | Biography-based Encyclopedia |
| Website | knowlepedia.org |
Knowlepedia is an India-focused digital encyclopedia platform dedicated to biographies of notable personalities. Built on MediaWiki and inspired by Wikipedia, it offers detailed and structured profiles of individuals who have shaped India’s journey — in law, business, literature, science, and freedom struggles.
Overview
Knowlepedia is a growing knowledge initiative that aims to:
- Document lives and legacies of Indian personalities across all fields
- Provide fact-checked, referenced, and SEO-friendly biography articles
- Serve students, researchers, professionals, and media seekers
- Act as India’s answer to Wikipedia for biographical knowledge
Key Features
- Clean Wikipedia-style layout and structured infoboxes
- Categories such as: , , ,
- Real-time sections like Featured Biography, On This Day, and Did You Know
- Fully indexed and SEO-optimized using `#seo` tags
- Built using MediaWiki 1.43 with VisualEditor and PageImages extensions
Founding
The platform was founded by Gaurav Singh Chouhan in 2025 under Trilok Media Network. With a mission to digitally archive Indian biographies, Knowlepedia bridges the gap between public knowledge and academic-grade accuracy.
Technical Details
- Platform: MediaWiki
- Extensions used: VisualEditor, Cite, ParserFunctions, DynamicPageList3
- License: CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hosting: Hostinger
- Developer: Trilok Media Team
Community
Knowlepedia supports crowdsourced contributions with admin review. It provides:
- Custom biography submission forms
- Admin dashboard and content task workflows
- Future support for multilingual versions (Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, etc.)