article_snippet.sent: It is almost 70 years since Mangu Ram fled the violence that followed the partition of India, and Mangu Ram is still regarded as a second class citizen in Indian Kashmir – unable to own property or vote in state elections.
article_snippet.sent: But now Ram and thousands like Mangu Ram are daring to hope Ram and thousands like him will finally be able to shed the refugee status that has plagued Ram and thousands like him for decades, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party won a share of power in India's only Muslim-majority state.
article_snippet.sent: Ram was 14 when Ram fled to Kashmir as a refugee - now an old man, for the past 70 years Ram has been denied citizenship rights .
article_snippet.sent: Ram lives a slum house within India's only Muslim-majority state.
article_snippet.sent: Ram, a Hindu, was born in an area of Punjab province, part of modern-day Pakistan but within India’s boundaries before India became independent in 1947.
article_snippet.sent: Ram, aged 82, with the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party at a recent state vote, Ram, aged 82, with the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party at a recent state vote says Ram, aged 82, with the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party at a recent state vote is hopeful change will come for the West Pakistan Refugees: 'If something can be done, then maybe I will finally have some enjoyment in this life' Around 100,000 people are classified as refugees - despite most of Around 100,000 people never visiting Pakistan, and living in the Jammu region of India .