- First Daily Newspaper of Odisha Dainika Asha
- First Ambasador of Odisha Lalitendu Mansingh
- First Advocate of Odisha Madhusudan Das
- First Central Minister of Odisha Harekrushna Mohatab
- First Chief Justice of Supreme Court of 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 of 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
- First Chief Justice of Odisha High Court Shri Birakishore Das
- First Chief Justice in Supreme Court Shri Ranganatha
- First Chief Secretary Nagari Mohan Pattnaik
- First Union Cabinet Minister of Odisha Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab
- First Oriya Doctorate degree Choudhury Jagannatha Das
- First 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
- First Medical graduate Dr. Surendra Narayan Acharya
- First Grammarian Pandit Mrityunjaya Bidyasankar
- First 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 Colour 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
- First 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
- First 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
