Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai this church is considered to be one of the oldest European monuments in India. The feast of Our Lady of Light is celebrated on 15 August every year which is also the day of Indian independence and hence a national holiday. The day is also as the feast of "Assumption of Mary". The feast is celebrated with a grand mass and car procession. The Novena prayer to Our Lady of Light is as follows Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai Church of Our Lady of Light () is a Roman Catholic shrine in Chennai, India. It is commonly called
Independence Day (Uzbekistan) law on the state independence of Uzbekistan. Once the laws were signed by Karimov, the Uzbek SSR was renamed to the Republic of Uzbekistan The next day was then declared a national holiday and a day off from work by the government. In 1992, Independence Day was celebrated for the first time. The film Istiqlol ("Independence") directed by Davron Salimov was shown in cinemas in Tashkent. It honoured the 5th anniversary of independence. It was on this year that President Karimov awarded the title of Hero of Uzbekistan for the first time. It celebrated the 25th jubilee anniversary of independence.