1- First Airport-Baripada
2- First All India Radio-Cuttack (Jan 28, 1948)
3- First Capital-Cuttack
4- First Children’s Magazine-Prabhat (1909)
5- First College- Ravenshaw College, Cuttack
6- First Daily News Paper- Utkal Dipika
7- First Electric Oven- Khan Nagar, Cuttack
8- First Engineering School- Bhubanananda School of Engineering, Cuttack
9- First Year Book- Orissa Year Book (English & Odia edition)
10- First Women Magazine-Asha
11- First Women Feature Magazine- Manorama
12- First Industrial Yellow pages- Orissa Industrial Yellow Pages
13- First Teacher Training School- Cuttack Normal School
14- First Textile Mills in Orissa- Orissa Textile Mills (OTM)
15- First River Dam & Longest- Hirakud
16- First Paper Factory- Brajarajnagar
17- First Cement Factory- Rajgangpur Cement factory
18- First Girls’ High School-Ravenshaw Girls’ High School
19- First Hindi Film in Orissa- Shodh
20- Film Talkies- Sitaram Vilas Talkies, Berhampur
21- First Highway-Jagannath Sadak
22- First Jute Mill-Konark Jute Mill, Dhanmandal
23- First Medical College- Sri Ram Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack
24- First Mahila Bank- Berhampur
25- First Magazine – Gyanaruna (1849)
26- First High School-Ravenshaw Collegiate High School, Cuttack
27- First Monthly Magazine- Nidaruna
28- First Odia Eastman Colour Film- Samaya
29- First Odia News Paper- Utkal Dipika (1866)
30- First Odia Business News Paper- Vanijya Bhittik Bazaar (1996)
31- First Odia Mid-day News Paper- Orissa Mid-day
32- First International General Knowledge with Current Affairs-
General Knowledge with Current Affairs (Manorama Publication)
33- First Odia Drama- Babaji
34- First Odia Color Film- Gapa Helebi Sata
35- First Odia Film Received President’s Award- Sri Lokanath
36- First Odia Mahakabya -Sarala Mahabharata
37- First Odia Video Film- Bahini
38- First Odia Tv Serial- Ahuti
39- First Odia Film-Sita Bibaha
40- First Odia Novel- Padmamali (1818)
41- First Printing Press- Utkal Printing Company, Puri
42- First Port- Chandabali
43- First Studio- Kalinga Studios, Bhubaneswar
44- First Seed Farm- Deras Farm
45- First Sanskrit University- Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University
46- First Superfast Train- Konark Express
47- First Tv Centre- Sambalpur
48- First Theatre- Odisha Theatre
49- First Test Tube Baby- Janaki
50- First University- Utkal University
51- First Women’s’ College- Shailabala Women’s’ College, Cuttack
52- First Hand Written Magazine- Kumkum
