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Nationalisation of Gas

Great Britain · Economy / Industry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1949

Hugh Gaitskell1 May 1949

London · Economy / Gas Industry

Public area gas boards take control of Britain's gas undertakings.

Names involved

Hugh Gaitskell

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