In February 1917 in the southern parts of occupied Serbia broke out a uprising against the Bulgarian occupying authorities. The reason for the uprising was the decision of the Bulgarian authorities to recruit the Serbian population for the Bulgarian army. The uprising led to a short‐term liberation of the Toplica region and other surrounding areas. However, the uprising was crushed raw, with terrible repression of the local population. In order to determine what led to the uprising, how the rebellion took a place, and what methods of repression were undertaken by Bulgarians, the Survey Committee of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Serbia was formed. The Survey Committee was formed at last session of the National Assembly on December 22, 1918 in Belgrade. Committee officially started to work on June 1, 1919 within the Temporary National Representation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Chairman of the Survey Committee was a deputy Todor Stanković. The Survey Committee worked intensively during the summer of 1919, summarized the results in the autumn of the same year and submitted the final report in February 1920. The work of the Survey Committee was important for studying the uprising of Toplica and for the perception of the uprising in the first years of existence of the Yugoslav state.