Numerical analysis is performed to study the conjugate heat transfer and heat generation effects on the transient free convective boundary layer flow over a vertical slender hollow circular cylinder with the inner surface at a constant temperature. A set of non-dimensional governing equations namely, the continuity, momentum and energy equations is derived and these equations are unsteady non-linear and coupled. As there is no analytical or direct numerical method available to solve these equations, they are solved using the CFD techniques. An unconditionally stable Crank-Nicolson type of implicit finite difference scheme is employed to obtain the discretized forms of the governing equations. The discretized equations are solved using the tridiagonal algorithm. Numerical results for the transient velocity and temperature profiles, average skin-friction coefficient and average Nusselt number are shown graphically. In all these profiles it is observed that the time required to reach the steady-state increases as the conjugate-conduction parameter or heat generation parameter increases.