High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! National Highway 53 (NH 53) is a National Highway in Northeast India that connects Badarpur, Assam with Imphal, Manipur. NH 53 starts from the junction of NH 44 at Badarpur and covers a distance of 320 km (200 mi), of which 100 km (62 mi) is in Assam and 220 km (140 mi)is in Manipur.