First Indian President born in Odisha : V V Giri
First Daily Newspaper of Odisha Dainika Asha
First Ambasador from Odisha Lalitendu Mansingh
First Advocate of Odisha Madhusudan Das
First Central Minister from Odisha Harekrushna Mohatab
First Chief Justice of Supreme Court from Odisha Ranganath Mishra
First Chartered Accountant of Odisha Hrudayananda Naik, Purighat, Cuttack
First Chief Secretary of Odisha Nilamani Senapati
First D.S.P. of Odisha Guruprasad Das
First District Collector of Odisha Jatindra Nath Mohanty
First District Magistrate of Odisha Dayanidhi Das
First Freedom Fighter of Odisha Bir Surendra Sai
First Governor from Odisha Harekrushna Mohatab
First Autobiography Writer from Odisha Fakira Mohan Senapati
First I.C.S. from Odisha Nilamani Senapati
First IAS. from Odisha Shyam Chandra Tripathy
First Air Marshal Saroj Jena
First Oriya Barrister Biswanath Mishra
First Oriya Chief Minister Gajapati Krushna Chandra Deb
Chief Justice of Odisha High Court Shri Birakishore Das
Chief Justice in Supreme Court Shri Ranganatha
Chief Secretary Nagari Mohan Pattnaik
Union Cabinet Minister from Odisha Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab
Oriya Doctorate degree Choudhury Jagannatha Das
Oriya Governor Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab
First College of Odisha Ravenshaw College, Cuttack
First Engineering College of Odisha University College of Engineering, Burla
First Private Engineering College of Odisha Odisha Engineering College
First Engineering School of Odisha Odisha School of Engeering, CUttack
First Essay Written in Oriya Bibeki, writer Late Radhanth Ray
First Girls’ High School in Odisha Ravenshaw Girls School, Cuttack
First Graduate in Odisha Madhusudan Das
First High School in Odisha Cuttack Collegiate School
First Medical College Sreeram Chandra Bhanja Medical College
First Women’s College Sailabala Women’s College Engineering
First Graduate Madhab Ch. Pattanaik
Medical graduate Dr. Surendra Narayan Acharya
Grammarian Pandit Mrityunjaya Bidyasankar
Oriya Lecturer Kashinath Das (Dept. of Sanskrit, Ravenshaw College)
First Anubruta Awardee Dr. Radhanath Rai
First Gyanapitha Awardee Gopinath Mohanty
First Jamunalal Bajaj Winner Ramadevi Choudhury
First Arjuna Award Minati Mohapatra
First Cinema Hall of Odisha Sitaram Vilas Talkies (SSBT), Berhampur
First Feature Film of Odisha Sita Bibaha
First Color Feature film Gapa Helebi Sata
First Film produced in Odisha Shodh
First Play of Odisha Babaji,writer Jagmohan Lala
First Film Studio Kalinga Studio, Bhubaneswar
Oriya Video Film Bahini
Film produced in Odisha Shodh
Silver Jubilee Hit Oriya Film PUJA
Cinemascope Oriya Film Hishab Nikas
First 70 mm Oriya FIlm Swapna Sagar
Director of Hindi film Prasanta Nanda
First Jute Mill of Odisha Konark Jute Mill
First Port Chandipur
First Paper Factory Brajaraj Nagar
First Printing Press Utkal Printing Press
First River Dam Hirakud
First Lady Advocate of Odisha Sudhanshubala Hajra
First Lady Chancellor of Odisha Dr. Priyambada Mohanty Hojamadi
First Lady Chief Minister of Odisha Nandini Satpathy
First Lady Director of Cinema of Odisha Parvati Ghosh
First Lady Engineer of Odisha Sudhira Das
First Lady Graduate of Odisha Niharabala Nayak
First Lady I.A.S. of Odisha Pragyan Paramita Das
First Lady I.P.S. of Odisha Somya Mishra
First Lady Justice of High court of Odisha Amiya Kumari Padhi
First Head Mistress Sailabala Das
Lady Poet Madhabi Das
Lady novelist Kuntala Kumari Sabat
Female Collector Smt. Chandramani Narayan Swami
Female Minister Smt. Basanta Monjari Devi
Female Pilot Officer Giribala Mohanty
Female Barrister Urmila Ray
Female Arjun Award Winner Minati Mohaptra
Female Leader of Odisha Rama Devi
Female Author to receive Sahitya Akademi Award Smt. Binapani Mohanty
First AIR Station Cuttack A.I.R. (1948) First TV Center Sambalpur
First Superfast Train Konark Express
First Newspaper Utkal Deepika
First Oriya Periodical Gyanaruna