About Our Odisha

First Advocate of Odisha                              : Sri Madhusudan Das

First Ambasador of Odisha                          : Lalitendu Mansingh

First Autobiography Writer                         : Fakir Mohan Senapati

First Air Marshal of Odisha                           : Saroj Jena

First Awarded Gyanapitha                           : Gopinath Mohanty

First Governor of Odisha                              : Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab

First A. I. R. of Odisha                                    : A. I. R., Cuttack (1948)

First Central Minister of Odisha                      : Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab

First odia Chief Justice of Supreme court       : Ranganath Mishra

First Cinema Hall of Odisha                        : Sitaram Vilas Talkies (SSBT), Berhampur

First Color Odia Film                                      : Gapa Helebi Sata (1976)

First Odia feature Film                                  : Sita Bibaha (1936)

First Cinemascope Odia Film                      : Hisab  Nikas

First Silver Jublee Hit Odia Film                  : Puja

First Hindi Film produced in Odisha        : Shodh- 1979 (Producer: Sitakanta Mishra)

First Odia director directed Hindi Film  : Prasanta Nanda

First Odia Video Film                                     : Bahini

First Film studio of Odisha                          : Kalinga Studio, Bhubaneswar

First College of Odisha                                  : Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (1868)

First Medical College                                   : Sreeram Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Cuttack (1944)

First Engineering College                            : University College of Engineering, Burla (1956)

First Private Engineering College             : Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar (1986)

First Engineering School                             : Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering, Cuttack (1923)

First Women’s College                                 : Sailabala Women’s College

First High School of Odisha                         : Cuttack Collegiate School

First Girl’s High School                                  : Ravenshaw Girl’s School, Cuttack

First Odia doctorate degree                        : Choudhury Jagannatha Das

First Post Graduate                                         : Sri Madhusudan Das

First Graduate of Odisha                              : Sri Madhusudan Das

First Medical Graduate                                 : Dr. Surendra Narayan Acharya

First Engineering Graduate                         : Madhab Chandra Pattnaik

First Essay written in Odia                           : Bibeki (Late Radhanath Ray)

First Odia LokSabha Speaker                      : Rabi Ray

First Odia Astrologer                                      : Samanta Chandrasekhar

First Odia Freedom Fighter                         : Veera Surendra Sai

First Odia Poet                                                  : Mahakabi Sarala Das

First Odia Professor                                        : Prof. Pranakushna Parija

First Lecturer                                                     : Kashinath Das (Dept. of Sanskrit, Ravenshaw College)

First Odia Novelist                                          : RamShankar Ray

First Odia International cricket player         : Debasish Mohanty

First Odia IFS                                                   : Kumari Sanjukta Pattnaik