Awards

First Anubruta Awardee

Dr. Radhanath Rai

First Gyanapitha Awardee

Gopinath Mohanty

First Jamunalal Bajaj Winner

Ramadevi Choudhury

First Arjuna Award

Minati Mohapatra 
(Contributed by Prasad Mohanty)

Business

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

Entertainment

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

Education

First College of Orissa

Ravenshaw College, Cuttack

First Engineering College of Orissa

University College of Engineering, Burla

First Private Engineering College of Orissa

Orissa Engineering College

First Engineering School of Orissa

Orissa School of Engeering, CUttack

First Essay Written in Oriya

Bibeki, writer Late Radhanth Ray

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)

Ladies

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

News

First Daily Newspaper of Orissa

Dainika Asha

First Newspaper

Utkal Deepika

First Oriya Periodical

Gyanaruna

Service

First Advocate of Orissa

Madhusudan Das

First Ambasador of Orissa

Lalitendu Mansingh

First Central Minister of Orissa

Harekrushna Mohatab

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Orissa

Ranganath Mishra

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

First Autobiography Writer of Orissa

Fakira Mohan Senapati

First I.C.S. from Orissa

Nilamani Senapati

First IAS. from Orissa

Shyam Chandra Tripathy

Saroj Jena

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

                                         Oriya Doctorate degree

Choudhury Jagannatha Das

Oriya Governor

Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab