This article aims at detailed analysis of Nazir Ahmad's most influential novel, i.e., Taubatanasuh (1868) in colonial perspective. Nazir Ahmad's first three novels ( Miratularoos, Binatun'ash and Taubatannasuh) were written in response to call for prize literature made by Allahabad Government in 1868. The purpose of this call was to motivate native writers to produce some useful course books in vernacular languages of North India. Why Taubatannasuh got first prize can best be understood, if the conditions and standards set by Sir William Muir for prize winning literature be kept in mind. The story, narration, characters and style of the said novel have been interpreted in the context of colonial situation of 19th century. Kalim, the central character of the novel, condemned by his father and novelist alike for his defiance, represents a free spirit and insists upon adult man's individuality. He is the strong voice of the modern man, that is being incessantly suppressed by authority, whether  paternal or of state. The most interesting point is that Kalim's modern attitude seems to have been inspired from his own elite culture, not from western thought as popularly propagated.