According to Charles Messenger, what is one way the British attempted to strengthen their control over the Indian subcontinent after the Indian Mutiny?

I think one way the British attempted to take control of the India subcontinent was that they removed India from a British company and placed it in the hands of Queen Victoria, who took it over.

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