On September 5, 2018 at the Department of "Surgical Diseases and military-field surgery" of Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute there took place «The Lessons of independence". The event was organized for the students in honor of the twenty-four year anniversary of independence of Uzbekistan under the slogan "You are dear to me, my beloved Uzbekistan!" with the participation of Head of Department Professor Dadaev Shirin Amanovich and other department stuff. The main subject of the event was "Who were we yesterday and who have we become today". Dadaev Shirin Amanovich opened the event and congratulated the audience with twenty-four year anniversary of independence and the beginning of new academic year. In his speech, he spoke about the achievements of our nation for years of independence in the economics, social life, culture, education, sports, health and other fields of our life making an analysis of past and giving examples.