Draft

Tul Bahadur Pun
File:Cham Bahadur Pun in 2007.jpg Cham Bahadur Pun in 2007.
Native name	चाम बहादुर पुन
Born	(1923-03-23)23 March 1923 Myagdi, Nepal
Died	20 April 2011(2011-04-20) (aged 88) Myagdi, Nepal
Allegiance	British India United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Indian Army British Army
Years of service	1939 - 1959
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
Battles / wars	World War II Malayan Emergency
Awards	Victoria Cross

Cham Bahadur Pun VC (Nepali: चाम बहादुर पुन; 23 March 1923 – 20 April 2011) was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He later achieved the rank of Honorary Lieutenant. In addition to the Victoria Cross, Pun was awarded 10 other medals, including the Burma Star.

Watercraft dimensions

• Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
• Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
• Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vessel

Selection processes

• Draft (politics), groundswell of support to compel a candidate to run for office
• Draft (sports), selection of players for professional sports teams
• Conscription, selection for e.g. military service

Entertainment

• Draft (musician) (born 1986), Electronic musician and DJ
• Drafted (comics), a 2007 comic released by Devil's Due Publishing
• The Draft (comics), a 1988 one-shot comic book from Marvel Comics
• The Draft (band), an American punk rock band
• Draft 7.30, a 2003 album by British electronic band Autechre
• WWE draft, a World Wrestling Entertainment program which drafts superstars to different WWE brands
• Draughts, board game, a.k.a. checkers
• The Draft (The League), the series premiere of the FX (TV channel) television series The League
• Draft (magazine), an American magazine about beer and beer culture

Heating, cooling, air flow

• Draft (boiler), difference between atmospheric pressure and the boiler pressure
• Chimney draught, outgoing flow into chimney of gases from combustion
• Draught excluder, used to eliminate cold draught and slow heat loss
• Mechanical draft, incoming flow of air to burn fuel for a boiler or engine
• Vertical draft, vertical movement of air, which can be dangerous to airplanes

Finance

• Demand draft, a check created by a merchant with a buyer's account number on it, but without the buyer's signature
• Banker's draft, a form of check where the funds are taken directly from the financial institution
• Sight draft, or time draft, an order for the payment of money by a banker

Other uses

• Draught beer or other beverage, served from a bulk keg or cask rather than a bottle or can
• Draft (engineering), the angle added to features perpendicular to the parting line of a casting or molding
• Draft (aerodynamics), two objects in close proximity reducing overall drag
• Draft document, a version of an unfinished document or other written work
• Draft animal, an animal used to perform tasks
  • Draft horse, a large horse bred to be a working animal doing hard tasks such as plowing and other farm labor
  • Draught dog, a variety of working dog used to pull a cart
• Draft (water)
• Draught, an alternate term for a stream

See also

• Drapht (born 1982), Australian hip hop singer
• Drafting (disambiguation)
• Drought (disambiguation)
• Draft lottery (disambiguation)
• Final Draft (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with draught
• All pages with titles beginning with draft
• All pages with titles containing draught
• All pages with titles containing draft
• Checkers (disambiguation), including chequers
• Checker (disambiguation), including chequer
• Check (disambiguation), including cheque