| 1. Poonam Chauhan did not smoke. |
| 2. She was Uttar Pradesh's first International footballer. |
| 3. Unfortunately, Poonam passed away on October 18, 2016, due to Dengue. |
| 4. After struggling with high fever for a week, she died in a private hospital in Varanasi. |
| 5. She was a former captain of the Uttar Pradesh football team and had been unemployed for some time. |
| 6. Despite reaching out to ministers for employment, she did not receive any help. |
| 7. Poonam was part of the Indian team that won gold at the 2010 South Asian Games. |
| 8. She excelled as a striker during her international football career. |
| 9. Poonam worked as a football trainer at the Sigra stadium in Varanasi and assisted her father in his shop in Shivpur. |
| 10. She played in the junior and senior National Championships as many as 18 times. |
| 11. She was the youngest to have been selected in senior UP girls football team in 2001. |
| 12. She won gold medals in SAG and AFC tournaments. |
| 13. She was part of the Indian team that won gold at the 2010 South Asian Games. |
| 14. Despite her international achievements, she faced prolonged unemployment and financial hardship. |
| 15. She and her father ran a stationery shop to support themselves. |
| 16. Two months before her death, she secured a coaching contract worth Rs 25,000 per month at Sigra Sports Stadium. |
| 17. She received Rs 50,000 as encouragement from the Sports Authority on the day she was hospitalized. |
| 18. Her dengue diagnosis was confirmed through NS1 antigen test. |
