Calling Mahatma Gandhi India's gift to the world, the President of the World Bank Group Robert Zoellick has said the Indian leader's legacy very much holds for ideals close to the global institution.

"What a gift India gave the world," said Zoellick at the first ever celebration of the Mahatma's birth anniversary at the Bank Group headquarters here Thursday.

The lesson of leadership is the greatest lesson the world can learn from the father of the Indian nation, he said taking