THE FIRSTS OF ODISHA

1. First Airport- Baripada
2. First All India Radio-Cuttack(January 28,1948)
3. First Capital-Cuttack
4. First Childern’s Magazine-Prabhat(1909)
5. First College-Revenshaw College, Cuttack
6. First Daily News Paper-Utkal Dipika
7. First Electron Oven-Khan Nagar, Cuttack
8. First Engineering School-Bhubanandana School of Engineering , Cuttack
9. First Year Book-Orissa Year Book (English Edition 2007)
10. First Woman Magazine-Asha
11. First Woman feature Magazine-Manorama
12. First Teacher Training School- Cuttack Normal School
13. First Textile Mills in Orissa- Orissa Textile Mill
14. First River Dam-Hirakud Dam, Burla
15. First Paper Factory-BRAJARAJ NAGAR
16. First Cement Factory-RAJGANG PUR Cement Factory
17. First Girl’s High School-Revenshaw Girsl High School
18. First Hindi Flim in Orissa-Shodha
19. First Film Talkies-SitaramVilas Talkies, Behrampur
20. First Highway-Jagannath Sadak
21. First High School-Ravenshaw Collegiate High School, Cuttack
22. First Jute Mill-Konarak Jute Mill
23. First Mahila Bank-BERAHAM PUR
24. First Medical College-Sri Rama Chandra Bhanja Medical College
25. First Magazine-Gyanaruna (1849)
26. First Monthly Magazine-Nidaruna
27. First Oriya Film-Sita Bibaha (Black and white)
28. First Oriya Flim-Gapa Hele bhi sata (Colour)
29. First Oriya Eastman Colour Film-Samaya
30. First Oriya Business News Paper-Bazar(1996)
31. First Oriya Mid-Day News Paper-Orissa Mid-Day
32. First Oriya Drama-Babaji
33. First Oriya Film Received President’s Award-Sri Lokanath
34. First Oriya Mahakabya-Sarala Mahakabaya
35. First Oriya Video Film-Bahini
36. First Oriya T.V. Serial-Ahuti
37. First Oriya Novel-Padmamali(1818)
38. First Printing Press-Utkal Printing Company, Puri.
39. First Port-Chandabali
40. First Studio-Kalinga Studio, Bhubaneswar
41. First Seed Farm-Deras Farm
42. First Super First Train-Konark Express
43. First T.V. Center-SAMBAL PUR
44. First Theater-Odisa Theater
45. First Test Tube Baby-Janaki
46. First University-Utkal University
47. First Women’s College-Sailabala Women’s College.