Gandhi, Rajiv (Ratna) (sh) and rowel (iou)

Gandhi, Rajiv (Ratna) (sh)

born Aug. 20, 1944, Bombay [Mumbai], India
died May 21, 1991, Sriperumbudur, near Madras [Chennai]

Indian politician, prime minister of India (1984-89).

Son of Indira Gandhi, he studied engineering at the University of Cambridge and became a commercial airline pilot in 1968. He entered Politics after the death of his brother, Sanjay, in 1980. Sworn in as prime minister the day his mother was assassinated (Oct. 31, 1984), he led the Congress (I) Party to a landslide victory in elections that year. His administration took vigorous measures to reform the government bureaucracy and liberalize the country's economy, but his attempts to discourage separatist movements failed, and his government became embroiled in financial scandals. He resigned in 1989 but remained leader of the Congress (I) Party. He was assassinated in 1991 while running for reelection.

rowel (iou)

rowel noun & verb. ME.
[Old French roel(e) from late Latin rotella dim. of Latin rota wheel.]
A. noun.
A small wheel. ME-L16.
A small spiked revolving wheel or disc at the end of a spur. LME.
b. The head or top of this. M19.
Ecclesiastical. A wheel-shaped chandelier. LME-M16.
The kneecap. LME-L16.
b. A small knob on a scourge or a horse's bit. M16-E17.
A circular piece of material (esp. leather) inserted between the flesh and skin of an animal, esp. a horse, supposedly to discharge an exudate. Now Hist. L16.
b. verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-.
a. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Use rowels to spur a horse. rare. L16.
b. verb trans. Spur (a horse) with a rowel. M19.
c. verb trans. Prick with rowels. Chiefly fig. L19.
verb trans. Insert a rowel (sense 5) in (an animal). Now Hist. L16.
rowelled adjective (rare) (a) that has been rowelled; (b) provided with a rowel or rowels: L16.

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