I know you are thinking, ' History?? ' Yes! History of any thing is important to know, because it helps you to understand the past, from which you can predict the future. History also helps to know what happened in the past. There is one saying, " People who knows the history; can create the history!! "
So we are not going in deep, but we are just putting glance at this..
Java is general purpose object oriented programming language developed by Sun MicroSystems of USA in 1991. Originally called OAK by James Gosling.
Java was designed for development of software for Consumer Electronic Devices like TV, VCR and other electronic machine but there was already language like C & C++, which can do this. Hence in 1995 it was named as Java and some more Internet technologies are added to it. Nowadays Java is recognized as a language of Network. Thanks to James Gosling- Best Known for Father of Java Programming Language.