| Year | Important Events |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Railway Line through Present Day Rourkela Established on Goilkera – Jharsuguda Station under the then BNR Railway and now under Chakradharpur Division of South Estaern Railway . |
| 1926 | Rourkela Railway Station became Railway Junction after the opening of Rourkela – Biramitrapur Railway Line. |
| 1931 | Old Rourkela station area termed as urban area by the Census |
| 1945 | Establishment of Panposh as Sub-division Head Quarter under the then Nagara State. |
| 1948 | Sundergarh District craved out of Sambalpur District on 1st January |
| 1952 | Declaration of Estbalishment of Public Sector Inregrated Steel Plant at Roukela by Central Government after signing of MOU with Krups and Demag Company of West German, for the establishment of Integrated Steel Plant at Rourkela ( Later becomes SAIL , RSP ) . |
| 1954 | Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) formed for managing Rourkela Steel Plant |
| 1955 | Land Acqusition for Rourkela Steel Plant ad Steel Township started |
| 1955 | Establishment of Notified Area Coucil (NAC) for Rourkela |
| 1957 | Contruction work for Rourkela Steel Plant started. |
| 1958 | First Coke oven battery lighted at Rourkela |
| 1959 | First Blast Furnance innaugurated by the then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad at Rourkela Steel Plant on 3rd February 1959. With this prodution process , Rourkela Steel Plant started operating officially. Blooming and Slabbing Mill Commisioned at Rourkela. |
| 1960 | PlateMill and ERW Pipe Plant Commissioned at Rourkela Steel Plant |
| 1961 | Hot Srip Mill Commissioned at Rourkela . Establishment of Regional Engineering College ( REC , currently known as NIT ) at Rourkela , the second Engg. College of Odisha. |
| 1962 | Fertiliser Plant Commissioned at Rourkela Special Police District for Rourkela Estbalished with SP as head. |
| 1963 | Establishment of Notified Ara Council ( Steel Township) for Rourkela Steel Plant Township |
| 1967 | Expansion of Blast Furnance IV commissioned at Rourkela |
| 1967 | Rourkela became separate Bidhan Sabha Constituency (for MLA position) |
| 1976 | Establishment of Rourkela Regional Imrovement Trust ( RRIT ) for the development of Rourkela . |
| 1982 | Ispat Doordarshan Kendra setup by Roukela Steel Plant |
| 1995 | Declartion of Rourkela Steel Tonwship area as Industrial Township and abolition of NAC(ST) . Formation of Rourkela Development Authority ( RDA ) by abolition of Rourkela Regional Imrovement Trust. F.M. Radio Station at Rourkela inaugurated as 9th Radio Station and 3rd FM Station of Odisha. |
