History of C language

C language is

• developed by:- Dennis M. Ritche
• developed at:- AT & T(American Telegraph & Telecommunication) Bell Lab, Marci Hill, New Jersey, USA
• developed on:- UNIX DEC PDP 11 Operating System
• developed in:- late 1972
• also called Structured Programming Language.

Why C language name is C?

In 1970 B language is developed by Ken Thomson. For making the continuation(B, C, …) its name is C (nothing more).