Independence Day (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Mustaqilligi kuni) is an official national holiday in Uzbekistan, celebrated on the first of September.

[1] fireworks, concerts, competitions, military parades, and wreath laying ceremonies are held in Tashkent during the independence day celebrations.

President of the Uzbek SSR, Islam Karimov declared Uzbekistan independent from the USSR on 31 August 1991.

President Islam Karimov delivered a speech at the evening event on Independence Square in the Uzbek capital.

On the eve of the 27th anniversary of independence in 2018, government authorities for the first time decided not impose restrictions on the admission of citizens of Tajikistan at the border crossings.