1. Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty became the first finance minister of India after it became independent in 1947.
2. Today's cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka is the 1000th day-night encounter in ODI cricket. The first day-night ODI was played at Sydney in 1979.
3. The Stethoscope was invented in 1816 by Rene Laennec at the "Necker-Enfants Malades" Hospital in France.
4. The first president of USA was George Washington, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous Electoral College vote.
5. Madras was renamed as 'Chennai' in the year 1997.
6. The first major newspaper in India "The Bengal Gazette" was started in 1780 under the British Raj.
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