FIRST ODIA

First Daily Newspaper of Orissa	Dainika Asha(Shasibhusan Rath)
First Ambasador of Orissa(IFS)	Lalitendu Mansingh(1963 topper)
First Advocate of Orissa	Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das
First Central Minister of Orissa	Harekrushna Mohatab
First Chartered Accountant of Orissa	Hrudayananda Naik, Purighat, Cuttack
First Chief Secretary of Orissa	Nilamani Senapati
First D.S.P. of Orissa	Guruprasad Das
First District Collector of Orissa	Jatindra Nath Mohanty
First District Magistrate of Orissa	Dayanidhi Das
First Freedom Fighter of Orissa	Bir Surendra Sai
First Governor from Orissa	Harekrushna Mohatab(Mumbai)
First Autobiography Writer of Orissa	Fakira Mohan Senapati(Atma Jeevan Charita)
First I.C.S. from Orissa	Nilamani Senapati
First IAS. from Orissa	Shyam Chandra Tripathy
First Air Marshal	Saroj Jena
First Oriya Barrister	Biswanath Mishra
First Oriya Chief Minister	Gajapati Krushna Chandra Deb
Chief Justice of Orissa High Court	Shri Birakishore Das
Chief Justice in Supreme Court	Shri Ranganatha Mishra
Chief Secretary	Nagari Mohan Pattnaik
Union Cabinet Minister of Orissa	Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab(Commerce and Industry)
Oriya Doctorate degree	Choudhury Jagannatha Das
First College of Orissa	Ravenshaw College(1868), Cuttack
First Engineering College of Orissa	University College of Engineering(1956), Burla
First Private Engineering College of Orissa	Orissa Engineering College(1986)
First Engineering School of Orissa	Orissa School of Engeering(1923), Cuttack,BOSE
First Essay Written in Oriya	Bibeki, writer Late Radhanth Ray(1848-1908)
First Girls' High School in Orissa	Ravenshaw Girls School, Cuttack
First Graduate in Orissa	Madhusudan Das
First High School in Orissa	Cuttack Collegiate School
First Medical College	Sreeram Chandra Bhanja Medical College
First Women's College	Sailabala Women's College
Engineering 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(1973)
First Jamunalal Bajaj Winner	Ramadevi Choudhury
First Arjuna Award	Minati Mohapatra
First Cinema Hall of Orissa	Sitaram Vilas Talkies (SSBT), Berhampur
First Feature Film of Orissa	Sita Bibaha
First Colour Feature film	Gapa Helebi Sata
First Film produced in Orissa	Shodh
First Play of Orissa	Babaji,writer Jagmohan Lala
First Film Studio	Kalinga Studio, Bhubaneswar
Oriya Video Film	Bahini
Film produced in Orissa	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 Orissa	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 Orissa	Sudhanshubala Hajra
First Lady Chancellor of Orissa	Dr. Priyambada Mohanty Hojamadi
First Lady Chief Minister of Orissa	Nandini Satpathy
First Lady Director of Cinema of Orissa	Parvati Ghosh
First Lady Engineer of Orissa	Sudhira Das
First Lady Graduate of Orissa	Niharabala Nayak
First Lady I.A.S. of Orissa	Pragyan Paramita Das
First Lady I.P.S. of Orissa	Somya Mishra
First Lady Justice of High court of Orissa	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 Orissa	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