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 of Brazil Independence of Brazil The Independence of Brazil comprised a series of political and military events that occurred in 1821–1824, most of which involved disputes between Brazil and Portugal regarding the call for independence presented by the Brazilian Empire. It is celebrated on 7 September, the anniversary of the date in 1822 that prince regent Dom Pedro declared Brazil's independence from the former United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves. Formal recognition came with a treaty three years later, signed by both the new Empire of Brazil and the Kingdom of Portugal in late 1825. The land now called Brazil was